Explore the Family Name Svatek

The meaning of Svatek

Czech (also Svátek) and Slovak (Svátek): from a pet form of any of various traditional personal names containing the element svat ‘holy’ (from Old Slavic svetъ ‘strong, powerful’, later ‘holy’, Czech svatý), e.g. Svatoslav, Svatopluk, Svatomir.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Svatek has seen a noticeable increase between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname moved up from 63,297 in 2000 to 59,603 in 2010, marking a positive change of 5.84. In terms of the count, it rose by nearly 15 percent over the decade, with the number of people bearing the name increasing from 295 to 339. However, the proportion per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.11 during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#63,297	#59,603	5.84%
Count	295	339	14.92%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.11	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Svatek

Analyzing the ethnic identity associated with the surname Svatek, the census data reveals that it is predominantly linked with White ethnicity. In 2000, a substantial 98.98 percent of individuals with this surname identified as White, though this dropped slightly to 96.46 percent by 2010. The decade also marked the emergence of a Hispanic identity, which accounted for 2.65 percent of the Svateks in 2010, not having been represented previously in 2000. Other ethnicities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, those identifying with two or more races, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero both in 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.98%	96.46%	-2.55%
Hispanic	0%	2.65%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%