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

Jaworsky, 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 Jaworsky surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jaworsky in America

Jaworsky is the 75799th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jaworsky surname appeared 254 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 Jaworsky.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jaworsky 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 Jaworsky

The surname Jaworsky has its origins in Poland and Ukraine, dating back to the 16th century. It is derived from the Polish word "jawor," which means "maple tree." This suggests that the name likely originated from a place name associated with maple trees or a location where maple trees were abundant.

The earliest recorded instances of the Jaworsky surname can be found in historical records from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which existed from the late 16th century until the late 18th century. Some of the earliest documented individuals with this surname include Jan Jaworsky, a merchant from Krakow, who was mentioned in a trade registry from 1612, and Mikołaj Jaworsky, a landowner from the Lublin region, whose name appeared in a land deed from 1673.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Jaworsky surname was also prevalent in the regions of modern-day western Ukraine, which were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time. Notably, Petro Jaworsky (1808-1876) was a prominent Ukrainian writer and philosopher who played a significant role in the Ukrainian cultural revival of the 19th century.

In the 20th century, several individuals with the Jaworsky surname gained recognition in various fields. One such person was Mykola Jaworsky (1892-1975), a Ukrainian politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918. Another notable figure was Volodymyr Jaworsky (1913-1999), a Ukrainian-American scientist and engineer who made significant contributions to the development of radar technology during World War II.

Other notable individuals with the Jaworsky surname include Czesław Jaworsky (1917-2005), a Polish-American architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in New York City, and Olena Jaworska (1928-2018), a Ukrainian painter and artist whose works are part of the collections of several museums in Ukraine and abroad.

It is important to note that variations in spelling, such as Jaworskyj, Yavorsky, or Yaworskyy, may have existed due to cultural and linguistic differences between regions and time periods. However, the core meaning and origin of the surname remain rooted in its association with maple trees and the geographic regions where it originated.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jaworsky

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

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

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