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

Borysewicz, 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 Borysewicz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Borysewicz in America

Borysewicz is the 113155th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Borysewicz surname appeared 155 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 Borysewicz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Borysewicz 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 Borysewicz

The surname Borysewicz is of Polish origin, originating in the 16th century. It is derived from the Polish personal name Boreysz, a diminutive form of Borys, which in turn comes from the Greek name Βοριάδης (Boriadēs). Borys was introduced to Poland through the Eastern Orthodox Church and can be traced back to Borys I, the ruler of Bulgaria from 852 to 889 AD.

The earliest recorded instance of the Borysewicz surname dates back to 1535 in the village of Boryszewo, located in the Masovian Voivodeship of central Poland. This village name, from which the surname likely originated, means "village of Borys" in Polish. The name was initially spelled in various forms, such as Borysewycz, Borysiewicz, and Borisewicz, before the current spelling became standardized.

In the 17th century, the Borysewicz surname appeared in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, located in what is now northern Poland and western Prussia. A notable figure from this region was Krzysztof Borysewicz (1620-1695), a prominent Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth nobleman and military commander who fought in the Polish-Swedish wars.

The name also spread to other parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, including present-day Belarus and Ukraine. In the 18th century, a Borysewicz family was recorded in the town of Krzemieniec, now located in western Ukraine. One member of this family, Jan Borysewicz (1725-1792), was a respected physician and professor at the Krzemieniec Lyceum.

As Poles emigrated to other parts of Europe and beyond, the Borysewicz surname traveled with them. In the late 19th century, Józef Borysewicz (1848-1919) was a Polish-American painter and art teacher who lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois. Another notable figure was Wacław Borysewicz (1878-1954), a Polish-Russian engineer and inventor who made significant contributions to aviation technology.

Other historical figures with the Borysewicz surname include Stanisław Borysewicz (1864-1943), a Polish linguist and professor at the University of Lviv, and Ignacy Borysewicz (1879-1956), a Polish-Belarusian Catholic priest and activist who advocated for the rights of the Belarusian minority in Poland.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Borysewicz

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

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

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