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

Czuba, 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 Czuba surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Czuba in America

Czuba is the 51610th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Czuba surname appeared 403 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 Czuba.

We can also compare 2010 data for Czuba 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 Czuba

The surname Czuba is of Polish origin, derived from the Polish word "czub" meaning "tuft" or "crest." It likely originated in the late medieval period, around the 14th or 15th century, as a descriptive name given to someone with a distinctive tuft of hair or feathers.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Czuba can be found in the Akta Grodzkie, a collection of Polish court records from the 16th century. In these records, a person named Jan Czuba is mentioned in connection with a land dispute in the Lublin region of eastern Poland.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Czuba name was particularly prevalent in the areas around Krakow and Lublin, as well as in the region of Galicia, which was then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The name is also found in historical records from the city of Lviv (Lwów at the time), which was an important cultural and economic center in the region.

One notable individual with the Czuba surname was Marcin Czuba (1567-1629), a Polish nobleman and military commander who fought in the Polish-Muscovite War and the Polish-Swedish War. He is mentioned in several contemporary accounts for his bravery and leadership on the battlefield.

Another historical figure bearing the Czuba name was Jadwiga Czuba (1805-1855), a Polish writer and poet who was active in the literary circles of Krakow during the Romantic era. Her works often explored themes of patriotism and national identity.

In the 19th century, the Czuba surname can be found in records from the Prussian partition of Poland, particularly in the areas around Poznan and Bydgoszcz. One notable individual from this period was Franciszek Czuba (1832-1908), a Polish botanist and naturalist who made significant contributions to the study of the flora of the Pomeranian region.

Towards the end of the 19th century and into the early 20th century, many individuals with the Czuba surname emigrated from Polish lands to other parts of Europe and the Americas, contributing to the spread and diversification of the name across different countries and regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Czuba

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

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

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