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

Ivanoski, 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 Ivanoski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ivanoski in America

Ivanoski is the 145220th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ivanoski surname appeared 114 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 Ivanoski.

The history of the last name Ivanoski

The surname Ivanoski originates from Eastern Europe, specifically Bulgaria and the surrounding regions. It dates back to the late 15th century and is derived from the Slavic name Ivan, a variant of the Greek name Ioannes, meaning "God is gracious." The suffix "-oski" indicates a patronymic surname, suggesting the name belonged to the son or descendant of someone named Ivan.

The earliest recorded instance of the name Ivanoski appears in a Bulgarian church registry from 1492, where a certain Petko Ivanoski is mentioned as a landowner in the village of Breznik. During the Ottoman rule in the Balkans, many Bulgarians adopted surnames based on their fathers' first names or occupations, and Ivanoski likely emerged as a common surname among the descendants of those named Ivan.

In the 17th century, the name Ivanoski can be found in various historical documents from the region, including tax records and land deeds. One notable figure was Stefan Ivanoski, a Bulgarian merchant who lived in the city of Plovdiv in the early 1600s and traded extensively with the Ottoman Empire and neighboring regions.

The 19th century saw the rise of several prominent individuals bearing the Ivanoski surname. Dimitur Ivanoski (1806-1879) was a Bulgarian teacher and writer who played a significant role in the promotion of Bulgarian education and literature during the National Revival period. Another notable figure was Georgi Ivanoski (1840-1912), a Bulgarian military officer who fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 and later served as a general in the Bulgarian army.

In the 20th century, the name Ivanoski gained international recognition through the contributions of several scientists and scholars. Perhaps the most famous was Milcho Ivanoski (1888-1958), a Bulgarian physicist who made significant contributions to the study of atomic physics and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1937. Another notable figure was Ivan Ivanoski (1900-1982), a Bulgarian botanist and academic who specialized in plant taxonomy and wrote numerous scientific works on the flora of the Balkan region.

Other historical figures with the surname Ivanoski include Petar Ivanoski (1832-1892), a Bulgarian poet and playwright who was a prominent figure in the Bulgarian National Revival movement, and Mariya Ivanoski (1870-1942), a Bulgarian educator and feminist activist who campaigned for women's rights and access to education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ivanoski

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

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 Ivanoski 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.

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

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