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

Jedlicki, 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 Jedlicki surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jedlicki in America

Jedlicki is the 150452nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jedlicki surname appeared 109 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 Jedlicki.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jedlicki 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 Jedlicki

The surname Jedlicki originated in Poland and is a Polish toponymic name derived from the place name Jedlicze, located in the Subcarpathian region of southeastern Poland. This place name likely comes from the Polish word "jedlica," meaning spruce or fir tree, suggesting that the area was once a heavily forested region.

The earliest recorded instances of the Jedlicki name date back to the 16th century, with mentions found in various historical documents and records from that time period. One notable example is Jan Jedlicki, a Polish nobleman and landowner who lived in the late 16th century and whose name appears in land registry records from the town of Jedlicze.

In the 17th century, the Jedlicki name can be found in church records and parish registers from various parts of Poland. One such record is of Tomasz Jedlicki, a Catholic priest who served in the town of Krosno in the late 1600s.

As the centuries progressed, the Jedlicki name continued to spread throughout Poland, with families bearing this surname residing in various regions and cities. In the 19th century, Józef Jedlicki was a prominent Polish writer and journalist who published several works on political and social issues of the time.

Another notable figure with the Jedlicki surname was Jerzy Jedlicki, a Polish historian and academic who lived from 1915 to 2000. He was a professor at the University of Warsaw and wrote extensively on the history of ideas and intellectual movements in Poland and Eastern Europe.

Other individuals of note include Władysław Jedlicki (1892-1965), a Polish engineer and inventor who contributed to the development of early television technology, and Tadeusz Jedlicki (born 1924), a Polish sociologist and philosopher who specialized in the study of social movements and ideologies.

While the Jedlicki surname has its roots in Poland, it has since spread to other parts of the world due to migration and diaspora communities. However, its origins can be traced back to the forested regions of southeastern Poland and the place name Jedlicze, which likely gave rise to this distinctive Polish surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jedlicki

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

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

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