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

Bakula, 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 Bakula surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bakula in America

Bakula is the 46725th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bakula surname appeared 455 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 Bakula.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bakula 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 Bakula

The surname Bakula is of Polish origin and can be traced back to the late 18th century. It is derived from the Polish word "bakula," which means "shepherd's crook" or "staff." This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who worked as a shepherd or used a staff as part of their profession.

The earliest recorded instance of the Bakula surname can be found in the parish records of the village of Brzeźnica, located in the Masovian Voivodeship of central Poland. In these records, a man named Jan Bakula was listed as a resident in the year 1792.

Another early mention of the Bakula name appears in the cadastral records of the town of Opoczno, situated in the Łódź Voivodeship of central Poland. These records, dating back to 1810, include several families with the surname Bakula, indicating that the name was already well-established in the region at that time.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the Bakula surname was Józef Bakula, a Polish soldier who fought in the November Uprising against Russian imperial rule in 1830-1831. He was born in the village of Wola Życińska in 1803 and died in 1863.

Another notable figure was Stanisław Bakula (1870-1942), a Polish architect who designed several important buildings in the city of Kraków, including the Church of St. Andrew Bobola and the Church of St. Joseph.

In the 20th century, one of the most famous individuals with the Bakula surname was the American actor Scott Bakula, best known for his roles in the television series "Quantum Leap" and "Star Trek: Enterprise." He was born in 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, but his family's roots can be traced back to Poland.

Other notable individuals with the Bakula surname include Mieczysław Bakula (1905-1977), a Polish painter and graphic artist known for his landscapes and portraits, and Tadeusz Bakula (1908-1987), a Polish composer and conductor who wrote several orchestral works and film scores.

While the Bakula surname is most commonly associated with Poland, it has also been found in other parts of Eastern Europe, such as Ukraine and Belarus, likely due to migration patterns and historical borders.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bakula

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

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

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