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

Andrysiak, 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 Andrysiak surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Andrysiak in America

Andrysiak is the 80926th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Andrysiak surname appeared 234 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 Andrysiak.

We can also compare 2010 data for Andrysiak 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 Andrysiak

The surname Andrysiak is of Polish origin, tracing its roots back to the late Middle Ages in the region of Western Galicia, which is now part of modern-day Poland and Ukraine. It is believed to be derived from the Polish masculine given name "Andrzej," a Slavic variant of the Greek name "Andreas," meaning "manly" or "brave."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Andrysiak surname can be found in the historical records of the town of Krakow, where a certain Maciej Andrysiak was listed as a resident in the year 1457. Another early mention is from the town of Lviv (then known as Lwów) in 1521, where a merchant named Jakub Andrysiak was documented.

The Andrysiak name is also closely associated with the village of Andrychów, located in the Lesser Poland region of southern Poland. It is believed that the name may have originated as a toponymic surname, referring to someone who hailed from or lived near this village. The earliest known Andrysiak from Andrychów was a farmer named Jan Andrysiak, who was born around 1620.

Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals bearing the Andrysiak surname. One such person was Mikołaj Andrysiak (1657-1722), a Polish Catholic priest and scholar who served as the rector of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Another was Józef Andrysiak (1790-1868), a Polish revolutionary who fought against the Russian Empire during the November Uprising of 1830-1831.

In the 19th century, the Andrysiak name spread to other parts of Europe and beyond, carried by Polish emigrants and their descendants. One such individual was Stanisław Andrysiak (1841-1902), a Polish-American author and journalist who settled in Chicago and founded the newspaper "Gazeta Polska Katolicka."

Another notable bearer of the Andrysiak surname was Kazimierz Andrysiak (1878-1941), a Polish military officer who served in both World Wars and was awarded the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military decoration, for his bravery during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921.

While the Andrysiak name has its roots in Poland, it has since spread to various parts of the world, carried by generations of Polish emigrants and their descendants. However, its origins can be traced back to the medieval era in the region of Western Galicia, where it emerged as a distinctive Polish surname with a rich historical legacy.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Andrysiak

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

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

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