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

Danyluk, 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 Danyluk surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Danyluk in America

Danyluk is the 64388th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Danyluk surname appeared 309 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 Danyluk.

We can also compare 2010 data for Danyluk 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 Danyluk

The surname Danyluk originates from Ukraine and is a patronymic surname derived from the personal name Danylo, which is the Ukrainian variant of the Greek name Daniel. The name Daniel means "God is my judge" in Hebrew.

Danyluk emerged as a surname in the 16th and 17th centuries, when surnames became more widespread among the population of Ukraine. It was initially used to identify a person as the son or descendant of someone named Danylo.

One of the earliest known records of the surname Danyluk can be found in the Kamenets-Podolsky castle archives from the late 16th century, where a person named Hryhorii Danyluk is mentioned as a resident of the town of Kamenets-Podolsky.

In the 17th century, the surname Danyluk appears in various church records and tax registers from the Ukrainian regions of Galicia, Volyn, and Podolia. For instance, a man named Petro Danyluk is recorded as a landowner in the village of Zolochiv, near Lviv, in 1632.

Historically, the surname Danyluk has been associated with several notable individuals. One of the earliest was Yakiv Danyluk, a Cossack leader who participated in the Khmelnytsky Uprising against Polish rule in the mid-17th century.

In the 19th century, Mykhailo Danyluk (1817-1885) was a prominent Ukrainian writer and ethnographer who contributed to the preservation of Ukrainian folklore and traditions.

Another notable figure was Yuriy Danyluk (1892-1967), a Ukrainian painter and art teacher who helped establish the Lviv School of Painting in the early 20th century.

During the 20th century, Vasyl Danyluk (1925-1999) was a respected Ukrainian sculptor and artist known for his monumental works and sculptures depicting historical figures and events.

More recently, Oleh Danyluk (born 1957) is a contemporary Ukrainian writer and poet who has published several collections of poetry and prose works.

While the surname Danyluk has its roots in Ukraine, it has since spread to other parts of the world due to migration and diaspora communities. However, its origins and historical significance remain closely tied to Ukrainian culture and history.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Danyluk

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

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

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