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

Jarzynka, 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 Jarzynka surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jarzynka in America

Jarzynka is the 60790th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jarzynka surname appeared 331 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 Jarzynka.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jarzynka 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 Jarzynka

The surname JARZYNKA is of Polish origin, originating in the late medieval period around the 14th or 15th century. It is derived from the Polish word "jarzynka," which means "small vegetable." This suggests that the name may have been an occupational surname for a gardener or someone who grew and sold vegetables.

The earliest recorded instances of the JARZYNKA surname date back to the 16th century in various Polish records and documents. One of the earliest known individuals with this surname was Jan JARZYNKA, who was a farmer from the village of Stare Jarzynki near Krakow, mentioned in a land registry from 1543.

In the 17th century, the JARZYNKA surname appeared in the records of the city of Gdansk (formerly known as Danzig), which was a major trading center in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. A merchant named Michal JARZYNKA is listed in the city's trade guild records from 1672.

During the 18th century, the JARZYNKA surname spread to other parts of Poland, and variations in spelling began to emerge, such as JARZYNSKI and JARZYNEK. In 1789, a nobleman named Adam JARZYNKA was recorded in the noble registry of the Masovian Voivodeship, a historical province in central Poland.

One notable individual with the JARZYNKA surname was Jakub JARZYNKA, a Polish writer and poet who lived from 1836 to 1905. He was born in the town of Tarnów and is best known for his collection of poems titled "Wiersze" (Poems), published in 1878.

Another significant figure was Andrzej JARZYNKA, a Polish military officer who fought in the November Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1830-1831. He was born in 1802 in the village of Jarzynka and served as a captain in the Polish insurgent forces.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the JARZYNKA surname began to spread beyond Poland due to emigration. For example, Stanislaw JARZYNKA, born in 1875 in Krakow, emigrated to the United States in 1902 and settled in Chicago, where he worked as a tailor.

While the JARZYNKA surname is relatively uncommon outside of Poland, it has a rich history and reflects the agricultural roots of many Polish families from centuries past.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jarzynka

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

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

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