Explore the Family Name Svitak

The meaning of Svitak

Czech (Sviták): 1. nickname derived from svit ‘daybreak, dawn’ or from svitat ‘to dawn’. 2. habitational name for someone from the town of Svitavy in Bohemia.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Svitak experienced a minor shift between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 41,130 in the United States, with approximately 500 individuals carrying the name. By 2010, those numbers changed slightly. The rank had fallen to 42,378, a decrease of 3.03%, but the count of people with this surname had risen slightly to 512, a modest increase of 2.4%. The proportion per 100,000 people also declined by 10.53% over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,130	#42,378	-3.03%
Count	500	512	2.4%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.17	-10.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Svitak

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Svitak saw some interesting changes during the same period, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although that percentage decreased from 94.6% in 2000 to 91.8% by 2010. There was no recorded change for Asian/Pacific Islander or Black categories. The proportion identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native saw a small drop from 2.8% to 2.73%. Notably, two categories saw increases: those identifying with two or more races increased dramatically from 1.2% to 2.73%, while the Hispanic category saw its first recorded individuals, accounting for 1.95% of Svitaks in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.6%	91.8%	-2.96%
Two or More Races	1.2%	2.73%	127.5%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.8%	2.73%	-2.5%
Hispanic	0%	1.95%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%