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

Jakubiak, 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 Jakubiak surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jakubiak in America

Jakubiak is the 33379th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jakubiak surname appeared 684 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 Jakubiak.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jakubiak 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 Jakubiak

The surname JAKUBIAK originated in Poland and has its roots in the Polish language. It is a patronymic surname, which means that it was derived from a given name of an ancestor or parent. In this case, JAKUBIAK is a derivative of the Polish given name Jakob, which is the equivalent of Jacob in English.

The name JAKUBIAK likely emerged in the Middle Ages, when surnames were becoming more common in Eastern Europe. It was initially used to distinguish between different individuals with the same given name, by indicating the father's name or a family lineage.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname JAKUBIAK can be found in historical documents and records from various regions of Poland, such as parish registers, census records, and land ownership documents. These records date back to the 16th and 17th centuries.

One notable historical reference to the surname JAKUBIAK is found in the records of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which was a multi-ethnic union of Poland and Lithuania that existed from the late 16th to the late 18th century. During this time, the JAKUBIAK surname was associated with families of various social classes, including nobility, gentry, and commoners.

Some historical figures who bore the surname JAKUBIAK include:

1. Jan JAKUBIAK (c. 1580 - 1645), a Polish noble and landowner from the Krakow region.
2. Agnieszka JAKUBIAK (c. 1620 - 1693), a respected herbalist and healer from the village of Lipnica in Lesser Poland.
3. Maciej JAKUBIAK (c. 1745 - 1812), a Polish military officer who served in the Kosciuszko Uprising against the Russian Empire.
4. Zofia JAKUBIAK (c. 1790 - 1865), a Polish philanthropist and benefactor who funded the construction of a church in her hometown of Kazimierz Dolny.
5. Ignacy JAKUBIAK (1825 - 1891), a Polish writer and journalist who contributed to several notable publications in Warsaw during the 19th century.

It is worth noting that the spelling of the surname JAKUBIAK may have varied slightly in different regions of Poland throughout history, with alternative spellings such as JAKUBIAK, JAKUBIOK, or JAKUBIK being used in some areas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jakubiak

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

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

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