Explore the Family Name Olenick

The meaning of Olenick

Americanized form of Ukrainian, Rusyn, and Jewish Oleynik, Polish and Jewish Olejnik, or Czech and Slovak Olejník. It is also found written in the pseudo-Gaelicized form O’Lenick.

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How common is the last name Olenick in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Olenick saw a slight variation in its popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Olenick ranked as the 23,019th most popular surname, but by 2010 it had dropped slightly to the 24,075th position. This represents a change of -4.59%. However, despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people with the Olenick surname slightly increased from 1,037 in 2000 to 1,046 in 2010, a growth rate of 0.87%. The proportion per 100k people also decreased from 0.38 to 0.35, marking a decrease of -7.89%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,019	#24,075	-4.59%
Count	1,037	1,046	0.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.38	0.35	-7.89%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Olenick

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Olenick also experienced some changes between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of Olenick individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander doubled from 0.48% to 0.96%. Those of Hispanic ethnicity also showed significant growth, rising from 0.87% to 2.20%, a change of 152.87%. Conversely, the number of individuals identifying as White decreased slightly from 97.69% to 95.89%. The proportion of those claiming two or more races decreased by -25.97%, from 0.77% to 0.57%. The counts for Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native remained unchanged during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.69%	95.89%	-1.84%
Hispanic	0.87%	2.2%	152.87%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.48%	0.96%	100%
Two or More Races	0.77%	0.57%	-25.97%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%