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

Haluska, 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 Haluska surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Haluska in America

Haluska is the 31150th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Haluska surname appeared 745 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 Haluska.

We can also compare 2010 data for Haluska 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 Haluska

The surname Haluska has its origins in Slovakia and the surrounding regions of Eastern Europe. It likely derives from the Slovak word "haluška" which refers to a small dumpling or gnocchi-like pasta made from potato or flour. This suggests the name may have originated as an occupational surname for someone who made or sold these dumplings.

In its earliest forms, the name was spelled variations like Haluszka, Galuska, Halusska, and Halushka, reflecting regional dialect differences in pronunciation and transliteration from the Cyrillic alphabet used in some Slavic languages. References to people with names like these can be found in church records and property deeds from the 16th century onward in what is now Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Ukraine.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with this name was Jan Haluszka, a farmer from the village of Mošurov in eastern Slovakia, mentioned in tax records from 1574. In the 1700s, Michal Haluska served as the village mayor of Brezovica nad Torysou in modern-day eastern Slovakia.

As families migrated, the name spread to new areas. In 1857, Jozef Haluska was born in the Moravian town of Velká nad Veličkou, now in the Czech Republic. He later emigrated to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania in the 1880s.

Some notable bearers include Jan Haluska (1903-1983), a Slovak economist and professor at Comenius University in Bratislava, and Juraj Haluška (1951-2008), a Slovak football player who represented Czechoslovakia in the 1976 European Championships. The name also appeared in Poland, such as with Józef Galuska (1860-1945), a Polish priest and church historian.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Haluska

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

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

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