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

Glowacki, 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 Glowacki surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Glowacki in America

Glowacki is the 13107th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Glowacki surname appeared 2,339 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 Glowacki.

We can also compare 2010 data for Glowacki 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 Glowacki

The surname Glowacki is of Polish origin and can be traced back to the late Middle Ages. It is derived from the Polish word "głowa," meaning "head," and the suffix "-cki," indicating a place of origin or association. The name likely originated as a descriptive nickname or a reference to a person's occupation, perhaps related to head work or leadership roles.

The earliest recorded instances of the name Glowacki can be found in historical documents and records from the 15th and 16th centuries in various regions of Poland. One notable mention is in the Metryka Koronna, a collection of royal decrees and charters from the Kingdom of Poland, where the name appears in reference to landowners and noblemen.

In the 17th century, the Glowacki name can be found in the parish records of various towns and villages in the Polish regions of Greater Poland, Silesia, and Masovia. During this time, spelling variations such as Głowacki, Gловацки, and Glovatzky were common due to regional dialects and linguistic influences.

One of the earliest documented individuals with the surname Glowacki was Jan Glowacki (c. 1550-1615), a Polish nobleman and landowner from the Lublin region. Another notable figure was Stanisław Głowacki (1605-1672), a Catholic priest and theologian who served as a professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

In the 18th century, the Glowacki name gained prominence with the birth of Franciszek Głowacki (1742-1810), a Polish military officer who fought in the Kościuszko Uprising against Russian and Prussian forces. His son, Wincenty Głowacki (1788-1865), was a renowned painter and one of the pioneers of Polish Romanticism in art.

During the 19th century, the Glowacki name was associated with several notable individuals, including Aleksander Głowacki (1847-1912), a Polish writer and journalist known for his satirical works, and Zygmunt Głowacki (1876-1945), a Polish architect and urban planner who designed several landmark buildings in Warsaw.

Another significant figure bearing the Glowacki surname was Bolesław Głowacki (1886-1940), a Polish military officer and diplomat who served as the Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union in the late 1930s. He was executed by Soviet authorities during the Katyn Massacre of 1940.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Glowacki

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

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

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