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

Cychosz, 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 Cychosz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cychosz in America

Cychosz is the 83226th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cychosz surname appeared 226 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 Cychosz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cychosz 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 Cychosz

The surname CYCHOSZ is of Polish origin, derived from the Slavic root "cych", meaning "quiet" or "silent". It is believed to have originated in the late 15th or early 16th century, likely as a nickname for someone with a calm or reserved demeanor.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the CYCHOSZ name can be found in the Ksiega Metrykalna, a historical record of births, marriages, and deaths kept by the Catholic Church in Poland. The entry, dated 1587, mentions a Grzegorz Cychosz from the village of Kielce, in the Świętokrzyskie region.

In the 17th century, the CYCHOSZ name appears in several legal documents and property records from the towns of Krakow and Lublin. Notable individuals from this period include Jan Cychosz (1612-1679), a respected physician and author of several medical treatises, and Marcin Cychosz (1632-1701), a prominent merchant and landowner in the city of Poznan.

As the CYCHOSZ family spread throughout Poland and into neighboring regions, the name underwent some variation in spelling, with forms such as Cychosz, Cichosz, and Cichocki emerging. One of the earliest instances of the Cichocki variation can be found in the birth record of Andrzej Cichocki, born in the village of Opole in 1725.

In the 19th century, the CYCHOSZ name gained prominence with the achievements of several notable figures. Stanislaw Cychosz (1818-1892) was a renowned mathematician and professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, while Józef Cychosz (1842-1917) was a respected painter and member of the Krakow School of Art.

Another prominent figure from this period was Michal Cychosz (1855-1928), a lawyer and political activist who played a key role in the fight for Polish independence from Russian and Prussian rule.

As the CYCHOSZ name spread beyond Poland, it also took root in other parts of Eastern Europe and the Americas. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, several CYCHOSZ families immigrated to the United States and Canada, where the name continued to be passed down through generations.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cychosz

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

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

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