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

Adamus, 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 Adamus surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Adamus in America

Adamus is the 86005th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Adamus surname appeared 217 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 Adamus.

We can also compare 2010 data for Adamus 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 Adamus

The surname Adamus is of Polish origin, deriving from the personal name Adam, the English form of the Biblical Hebrew name Adam, meaning "earth" or "red earth." This surname dates back to the Middle Ages and is believed to have emerged in Poland around the 13th or 14th century.

Adamus is thought to be a patronymic surname, indicating that the original bearer was the son of a man named Adam. This practice of forming surnames from a father's given name was common in medieval times, particularly in regions like Poland where the use of hereditary surnames was not yet widespread.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Adamus surname can be found in the "Kodeks Dyplomatyczny Małopolski" (Diplomatic Codex of Lesser Poland), a collection of historical documents from the late 13th and early 14th centuries. This suggests that the Adamus name was already in use during this period in the region of Lesser Poland.

In the 15th century, a Polish nobleman named Stanisław Adamus was mentioned in several chronicles as a military commander who fought against the Teutonic Knights. He was born around 1420 and died in the late 15th century, though the exact dates are uncertain.

Another notable figure with the Adamus surname was Jan Adamus, a Polish Renaissance poet and writer who lived in the 16th century. He was born in Kraków around 1530 and wrote several works, including a collection of poetry titled "Kwiaty Rymów Polskich" (Flowers of Polish Rhymes), published in 1567.

During the 17th century, a Polish theologian and philosopher named Tomasz Adamus was active in the academic circles of Kraków. He was born in 1612 and authored several treatises on religious and philosophical topics.

In the 19th century, a Polish painter named Wojciech Adamus gained recognition for his landscapes and portraits. He was born in 1825 in the village of Chrzanów, near Kraków, and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków before embarking on a successful career as an artist.

Throughout its history, the Adamus surname has maintained strong ties to Poland, though it has also been found in other Slavic countries and regions with Polish diaspora communities. While variations of the name may exist, Adamus remains one of the more common spellings associated with this Polish patronymic surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Adamus

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

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 Adamus 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 Adamus 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 Adamus was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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