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

Iskra, 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 Iskra surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Iskra in America

Iskra is the 40494th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Iskra surname appeared 540 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 Iskra.

We can also compare 2010 data for Iskra 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 Iskra

The surname ISKRA has its origins in the Slavic region of Eastern Europe. It is derived from the Old Russian word "iskra," meaning "spark" or "flame." This name likely originated during the early medieval period, possibly between the 9th and 11th centuries.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname ISKRA can be found in various historical documents from the region, including church records and census rolls. One notable example is Nikolai Iskra, a Russian peasant born in the village of Vyatka in 1562, whose name appears in tax records from that era.

ISKRA was also the surname of several notable figures in Slavic history. Ivan Iskra, a Bohemian military commander, played a significant role in the Hussite Wars of the 15th century. He was born in the city of Prague around 1390 and died in battle in 1456.

Another prominent individual with this surname was Fyodor Iskra, a Russian explorer and cartographer who made significant contributions to the mapping of Siberia in the late 16th century. He was born in the city of Veliky Novgorod in 1565 and is believed to have died in the early 1600s.

In the 19th century, Mikhail Iskra was a prominent Russian writer and journalist, known for his satirical works criticizing the social and political conditions of the time. He was born in Saint Petersburg in 1823 and died in 1887.

The surname ISKRA can also be found in various place names throughout Eastern Europe, such as the village of Iskra in Bulgaria and the town of Iskra in Ukraine. These place names likely originated from the same root word and may have influenced the spread and adoption of the surname in those regions.

While the surname ISKRA is most commonly associated with Slavic countries, it has also been found in other parts of Europe and the world, likely due to migration and cultural exchange over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Iskra

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

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

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