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

Cistrunk, 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 Cistrunk surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cistrunk in America

Cistrunk is the 71265th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cistrunk surname appeared 274 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 Cistrunk.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cistrunk 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 Cistrunk

The surname CISTRUNK has its origins in Germany and dates back to the 16th century. It is believed to have derived from the German word "Zistrinke," which refers to a small stream or brook. This suggests that the name may have been originally associated with individuals who lived near or worked along such bodies of water.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the CISTRUNK name can be found in the town records of Münsterland, a region in western Germany, from the year 1582. Here, the name appears spelled as "Cistrunck," likely reflecting the local dialect and pronunciation at the time.

In the 17th century, a notable figure bearing this surname was Johann CISTRUNK, a German cartographer and mapmaker born in 1625. His detailed maps of the region around the city of Nuremberg were highly regarded and widely used during his lifetime.

As the CISTRUNK family spread across Europe, variations in spelling emerged. In the Netherlands, for instance, the name was sometimes rendered as "Cistronk" or "Cystronk," while in France, it appeared as "Cistrun" or "Cistrung."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the CISTRUNK name in the English-speaking world comes from the passenger lists of ships arriving in the American colonies in the late 18th century. Among the arrivals was a family headed by Heinrich CISTRUNK, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1785.

Another noteworthy individual with this surname was the German philosopher and writer Friedrich CISTRUNK, born in 1802. His works exploring the relationship between language and thought were influential in his time and continue to be studied by scholars today.

In the 19th century, the name CISTRUNK can be found in various records across Europe and North America. For example, a family of this name is recorded as living in the town of Oldenburg, Germany, in the 1840s, while in the United States, a farmer named Jacob CISTRUNK is documented as owning land in Ohio in the 1870s.

As the centuries passed, the CISTRUNK name continued to spread and evolve, with notable individuals bearing this surname emerging in various fields and regions. However, its origins can be traced back to the small streams and brooks of 16th-century Germany, where the name first took root.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cistrunk

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

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

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