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

Bartkowski, 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 Bartkowski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bartkowski in America

Bartkowski is the 37544th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bartkowski surname appeared 593 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 Bartkowski.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bartkowski 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 Bartkowski

The surname Bartkowski originates from Poland, where it has been in use since at least the 16th century. It is derived from the Polish personal name Bartek, which is a diminutive form of the name Bartlomiej, the Polish version of the name Bartholomew. The suffix "-owski" is a common Polish patronymic, meaning "son of."

Bartkowski is believed to have first emerged as a surname in the region of Greater Poland (Wielkopolska), particularly in the areas around the cities of Poznan and Gniezno. It may have been used as an identifying name for the sons or descendants of a man named Bartek or Bartlomiej.

Some of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Bartkowski can be found in church records and tax registers from the 16th and 17th centuries in various towns and villages across Greater Poland. For example, a record from 1598 mentions a Maciej Bartkowski residing in the village of Nowa Wies, near Poznan.

In the 18th century, the Bartkowski surname began to spread more widely across other regions of Poland, as families migrated or relocated for various reasons. Notable individuals with this surname from this period include Jan Bartkowski (1720-1789), a Catholic priest and theologian from the town of Plock, and Marcin Bartkowski (1742-1810), a landowner and soldier from the Kalisz region.

As the surname continued to be passed down through generations, it also made its way into other parts of Europe, particularly in areas with significant Polish populations or communities. For instance, in the 19th century, there were Bartkowski families living in parts of Germany, such as Silesia, as well as in parts of the Russian Empire, including present-day Ukraine and Belarus.

Other notable individuals with the Bartkowski surname throughout history include:

1. Wladyslaw Bartkowski (1855-1910), a Polish painter and art teacher from Warsaw.
2. Jozef Bartkowski (1876-1940), a Polish politician and member of the Sejm (parliament) in the interwar period.
3. Ewa Bartkowski (1914-2008), a Polish actress and theater director who performed in both Poland and the United States.
4. Henryk Bartkowski (1924-2006), a Polish-American mathematician and professor at Purdue University.
5. Franciszek Bartkowski (1936-2022), a Polish Catholic bishop and former auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Lublin.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bartkowski

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

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

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