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

Dubinsky, 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 Dubinsky surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dubinsky in America

Dubinsky is the 19321st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dubinsky surname appeared 1,401 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 Dubinsky.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dubinsky 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 Dubinsky

The surname Dubinsky is of Jewish origin and derives from the Yiddish language. It is a variant of the more common Dubinsky or Dubinsky, which were initially ornamental surnames meaning "from Dubno" in reference to the town of Dubno located in modern-day Ukraine.

The name likely emerged in the 16th or 17th century when Jews began adopting hereditary surnames in parts of Eastern Europe. Dubno was an important center of Jewish culture and learning during this period, so it's plausible that the name originated among families living in or near that town.

One of the earliest recorded uses of the Dubinsky surname dates back to 1693 in the Polish town of Zhitomir, where a man named Leib Dubinsky is listed in tax records. In 1734, a Rabbi Yitzhak Dubinsky is mentioned in Jewish religious texts from the area.

A notable early bearer was Joseph Dubinsky (1799-1873), a prominent rabbi and Talmudic scholar born in the town of Drogobych, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern Ukraine). His writings and teachings influenced many Jewish communities across Eastern Europe.

As the Jewish diaspora spread in the 19th century, the name Dubinsky traveled with families to other parts of Europe and eventually to the Americas and beyond. Avrom Dubinsky (1849-1923) was a successful businessman who emigrated from Lithuania to London in the 1870s and became one of the city's wealthiest Jewish residents.

In the United States, one of the earliest records is Louis Dubinsky (1871-1943), a labor leader born in Kiev who helped establish the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and fought for workers' rights in the early 20th century garment industry. His nephew, David Dubinsky (1892-1982), built on his work as a prominent union leader and civil rights activist.

Other notable Dubinskys include Yitzhak Dubinsky (1922-2004), an Israeli diplomat who served as ambassador to the United States, and Michael Dubinsky (born 1940), a chemistry professor and pioneer in the field of retinoid biochemistry.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dubinsky

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

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

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