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

Drozd, 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 Drozd surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Drozd in America

Drozd is the 15743rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Drozd surname appeared 1,852 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Drozd.

We can also compare 2010 data for Drozd 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 Drozd

The surname DROZD is of Polish origin and dates back to the 16th century. It is derived from the Polish word "drozd," which means "thrush," a type of small songbird. The name likely originated as a nickname for someone who had a melodious voice or enjoyed singing.

The earliest recorded instances of the DROZD surname can be found in historical documents from the Krakow region of Poland. One notable mention is in the court records of the town of Tarnow from the year 1568, where a certain Jan DROZD is listed as a witness in a legal dispute.

In the 17th century, the DROZD surname began to spread to other parts of Poland, as well as neighboring countries such as Ukraine and Belarus. This was likely due to migration and the expansion of trade routes during that time period.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the DROZD surname was Mikołaj DROZD, a Polish nobleman and military leader who fought in the Polish-Swedish War in the mid-17th century. He was born in 1620 in the village of Radzymin, near Warsaw, and died in 1678.

Another notable DROZD was Adam DROZD, a Polish composer and musician who lived in the late 18th century. He was born in 1760 in Lviv, which was then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and is known for his compositions for the lute and theorbo.

In the 19th century, the DROZD surname continued to be prevalent in Poland, as well as in areas with significant Polish populations, such as parts of modern-day Ukraine and Belarus. One example is Jan DROZD, a Polish-Ukrainian poet and writer who was born in 1826 in the town of Zbarazh, which is now in western Ukraine.

Another notable DROZD from this period was Franciszek DROZD, a Polish painter and art teacher who lived from 1834 to 1903. He was born in the village of Lubartów, near Lublin, and is best known for his landscape paintings depicting the Polish countryside.

As the DROZD surname spread throughout Eastern Europe, it also found its way to other parts of the world through immigration. For instance, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many individuals with the DROZD surname immigrated to the United States, particularly to cities with large Polish communities, such as Chicago and Detroit.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Drozd

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

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

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