Find out how popular the last name Adamchick is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Adamchick.

Adamchick, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Adamchick surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Adamchick in America

Adamchick is the 160975th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Adamchick surname appeared 100 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Adamchick.

We can also compare 2010 data for Adamchick to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Adamchick

The surname ADAMCHICK is believed to have originated in the Slavic regions of Eastern Europe, likely in areas that are now part of modern-day Ukraine, Poland, or Belarus. It is thought to have emerged during the medieval period, around the 12th to 15th centuries.

The name ADAMCHICK is derived from the Slavic given name Adam, which itself has Hebrew roots and means "man" or "earth." The suffix "-chick" was a common diminutive or patronymic ending used in the Slavic languages, indicating a familial relationship or descent from an ancestor named Adam.

While no specific historical references to the name ADAMCHICK have been uncovered in ancient manuscripts or records, it is plausible that early bearers of this surname lived in rural villages or small towns within the Slavic regions during the Middle Ages.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name ADAMCHICK can be traced back to Ivan Adamchick, a farmer who lived in the village of Volyn, located in what is now western Ukraine, in the late 16th century.

Another notable individual bearing the ADAMCHICK surname was Grigory Adamchick, a Cossack soldier who fought in the Khmelnytsky Uprising against Polish rule in the mid-17th century.

During the 18th century, the name ADAMCHICK appeared in various records and documents from the region of Galicia, which at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and encompassed parts of modern-day western Ukraine and southeastern Poland.

In the 19th century, a prominent figure named Yakov Adamchick was a successful merchant and landowner in the city of Lviv, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Another individual of note was Olga Adamchick, a writer and poet who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was born in the town of Zhytomyr, which is now part of northern Ukraine, and published several collections of poetry and short stories that explored themes of rural life and Ukrainian folklore.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Adamchick

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Adamchick.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Adamchick was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Adamchick has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Adamchick was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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