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

Jarosik, 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 Jarosik surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jarosik in America

Jarosik is the 86981st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jarosik surname appeared 214 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 Jarosik.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jarosik 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 Jarosik

The surname Jarosik originates from Poland and is derived from the Slavic personal name "Jarosław" or "Jaromir". These names are composed of the Slavic elements "jar" meaning "spring" and "slav" or "mir" meaning "glory" or "peace". The surname dates back to at least the 12th century in Poland.

Jarosik is a Polish toponymic surname, meaning it originated from a place name. It likely referred to someone who came from a town or village with a name containing the root "Jaros". Some possible place names it could have derived from include Jarosław, Jaroszów, or Jarosławiec.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Jarosik can be found in the Liber Beneficiorum, a 15th-century record of landowners and their properties in Greater Poland. An entry from 1470 lists a "Jarosik de Bnin" as a landowner in the village of Bnin.

In the 16th century, a Marcin Jarosik was a prominent merchant and landowner in the city of Kraków. Records from 1543 mention him acquiring property in the city's Kazimierz district.

During the Polish Renaissance, a poet and writer named Jan Jarosik lived in the late 16th century. He is known for his work "Pieśni Anielskie" (Angelic Songs) published in 1594.

In the 17th century, Wojciech Jarosik (1600-1667) was a Polish Jesuit priest and philosopher who taught at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

Moving to the 19th century, Karol Jarosik (1835-1910) was a Polish painter and art professor who taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.

These are just a few examples of notable individuals throughout history who bore the Polish surname Jarosik. The name has deep roots in Poland's history and culture.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jarosik

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

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

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