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

Jastrzembski, 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 Jastrzembski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jastrzembski in America

Jastrzembski is the 86645th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jastrzembski surname appeared 215 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 Jastrzembski.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jastrzembski 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 Jastrzembski

The surname Jastrzembski originated in Poland, deriving from the Old Polish word "jastrzab," meaning "hawk" or "falcon." This name likely emerged during the medieval period, possibly as early as the 11th or 12th century.

Jastrzembski is associated with the region of Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) in west-central Poland, particularly the areas around the cities of Poznan and Gniezno. The name may have been used to identify individuals who lived near a falconry or trained hawks for hunting purposes.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Jastrzembski can be found in the Liber Beneficiorum, a 15th-century document compiled by Jan Długosz, a renowned Polish historian and chronicler. This record mentions a nobleman named Jakub Jastrzembski, who lived in the late 14th century.

The Jastrzembski name has also been linked to several notable figures throughout Polish history. In the 16th century, Jan Jastrzembski (1508-1561) was a prominent Polish diplomat and statesman who served as a secretary to King Sigismund I the Old.

During the 17th century, Wojciech Jastrzembski (1590-1639) was a respected Polish Jesuit writer and philosopher. His works, such as "De Anima Separata" (On the Separated Soul), explored philosophical and theological topics.

In the 18th century, Józef Jastrzembski (1724-1805) was a Polish nobleman and military officer who fought in the Bar Confederation, a Polish uprising against Russian influence.

Another prominent figure with the Jastrzembski surname was Adam Jastrzembski (1836-1916), a 19th-century Polish painter and art teacher known for his landscape and historical paintings.

The Jastrzembski name has also been associated with various place names in Poland, such as the village of Jastrzembiec in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Jastrzembski Forest near the city of Poznan.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jastrzembski

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

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

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