Jarzynski last name popularity, history, and meaning

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

Meaning of Jarzynski

A Polish surname referring to someone who grew vegetables or had a garden.

Jarzynski, 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 Jarzynski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jarzynski in America

Jarzynski is the 104156th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jarzynski surname appeared 172 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 Jarzynski.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jarzynski 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.

2010 2000 Change (%)
Rank 104156 105905 -1.67%
Count 172 156 9.76%
Proportion per 100k 0.06 0.06 0.00%

The history of the last name Jarzynski

The surname JARZYNSKI originates from Poland, where it emerged in the late 16th century. It is derived from the Polish word "jarzyna," which means "vegetable" or "greens." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to a person involved in the cultivation or trade of vegetables.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the JARZYNSKI name can be found in the parish records of Krakow, where a certain Stanislaw Jarzynski was mentioned in the year 1593. Another early reference is from the town of Bydgoszcz, where a Marcin Jarzynski was listed in the town's tax records in 1612.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the JARZYNSKI name appeared to have spread across various regions of Poland. In 1678, a Jan Jarzynski was recorded as a landowner in the village of Dobra, near the city of Poznan. Meanwhile, in 1723, a Marianna Jarzynska was listed as a resident of the town of Gdansk.

While the JARZYNSKI surname is predominantly Polish, it has also been found in other parts of Europe. In the late 19th century, a family of JARZYNSKIs migrated to the Czech lands, where they settled in the town of Brno. One notable member of this branch was Karel Jarzynski (1845-1912), a respected botanist and professor at the University of Prague.

Another notable figure with the JARZYNSKI surname was Wladyslaw Jarzynski (1837-1899), a Polish writer and journalist who was active in the literary circles of Warsaw. He is best known for his novels and short stories depicting the lives of the Polish nobility and intelligentsia.

In the 20th century, the name JARZYNSKI gained recognition in the field of physics with the work of Christopher Jarzynski (born 1959), an American physicist known for his contributions to the study of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. He is currently a professor at the University of Maryland.

Other individuals who have carried the JARZYNSKI surname include Andrzej Jarzynski (1933-2018), a Polish actor and theater director, and Jakub Jarzynski (born 1979), a Polish professional tennis player who achieved a career-high ranking of No. 64 in the world.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jarzynski

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

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 Jarzynski was:

Race/Ethnicity Percentage Total Occurrences
Non-Hispanic White Only 99.42% 171
Non-Hispanic Black Only (S)% (S)
Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races 0.00% 0
Hispanic Origin (S)% (S)

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 Jarzynski has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

2010 2000 Change (%)
White 99.42% 97.44% 2.01%
Black (S)% 0.00% (S)%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% (S)% (S)%
Two or More Races 0.00% (S)% (S)%
Hispanic (S)% 0.00% (S)%

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

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