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

Blonsky, 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 Blonsky surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Blonsky in America

Blonsky is the 109758th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Blonsky surname appeared 161 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 Blonsky.

We can also compare 2010 data for Blonsky 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 Blonsky

The surname Blonsky has its origins in Poland and Belarus. It is derived from the Slavic word "blondyn," meaning a fair-haired or blonde person. The name likely originated as a descriptive nickname for someone with light-colored hair, which later became an inherited surname.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Blonsky date back to the 16th century in various Polish and Belarusian records. Some of the earliest documented bearers of the name include Jan Blonsky, a landowner in the village of Blonie, near Warsaw, mentioned in a deed from 1582. Another early record is of Maciej Blonsky, a merchant from Grodno, Belarus, who is mentioned in a trade register from 1612.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Blonsky surname appears in various Polish and Belarusian church records, census documents, and land registries. One notable bearer of the name was Jakub Blonsky, a Polish military officer who served in the army of King Jan III Sobieski during the famous Battle of Vienna in 1683.

The name Blonsky is also found in some historical documents from the Russian Empire, as many Polish and Belarusian families migrated to various parts of the empire in the 19th century. One such example is Mikhail Blonsky, a Russian writer and poet born in 1832 in the Smolensk region, whose works explored themes of Slavic folklore and cultural identity.

Another notable individual with the Blonsky surname was Ignacy Blonsky, a Polish painter and artist born in 1819 in Warsaw. He is known for his landscapes and portraits of Polish nobility and is considered one of the foremost representatives of the Polish Romantic movement in art.

Over the centuries, variations of the Blonsky spelling have emerged, including Blonski, Blonski, and Blonsky. These variations can often be traced back to different regional dialects or transliterations from the Cyrillic to Latin alphabets.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Blonsky

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

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

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