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

Hruska, 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 Hruska surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hruska in America

Hruska is the 15033rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hruska surname appeared 1,965 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 Hruska.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hruska 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 Hruska

The surname Hruska is of Czech origin, derived from the Czech word 'hruska' meaning 'pear tree'. It is believed to have originated as a descriptive surname referring to someone who lived near a pear orchard or a place where pear trees grew abundantly.

In the early Middle Ages, surnames were not widely used in most parts of Europe. People were typically identified by their given name, occupation, or the place they were from. Surnames began to become more common in the 12th and 13th centuries as populations grew and people needed a way to distinguish themselves from others with the same given name.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Hruska can be found in Czech historical records and documents dating back to the 15th century. One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Jan Hruska, a landowner in the village of Velky Osek, near the city of Kolin in central Bohemia, who was mentioned in a land registry in 1428.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the surname Hruska appeared in various forms, including Hruschka, Hruszka, and Hruschky, reflecting regional variations in spelling and pronunciation. Some notable bearers of the name from this period include Vaclav Hruska (1547-1618), a Catholic priest and writer from Prague, and Jiri Hruska (1619-1677), a Baroque painter from Litomerice.

During the 19th century, many Hruska families immigrated to the United States, particularly from the regions of Bohemia and Moravia, which were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time. One of the earliest recorded Hruskas in America was Frantisek Hruska (1824-1891), who settled in New York City in the 1850s and worked as a tailor.

Other notable individuals with the surname Hruska include Roman Hruska (1867-1952), a Czech composer and conductor; Jaroslav Hruska (1907-1986), a Czech politician and lawyer who served as President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 to 1976; and Roman L. Hruska (1904-1999), an American politician who served as a Republican Senator from Nebraska from 1954 to 1976.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hruska

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

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

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