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

Jelinski, 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 Jelinski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jelinski in America

Jelinski is the 44423rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jelinski surname appeared 484 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 Jelinski.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jelinski 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 Jelinski

The surname JELINSKI is of Polish origin, with its roots traceable back to the late medieval period. It is believed to have originated in the region of Silesia, which was once part of the Kingdom of Poland and is now divided between Poland and Germany.

The name JELINSKI is a patronymic surname, derived from the masculine given name Jelen, which means "deer" or "stag" in Polish. This suggests that the original bearer of the name may have had some association with deer, perhaps as a hunter or a forester.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name JELINSKI can be found in the Prussian Taxation Registers of 1490, where a certain Merten Jelinsky is listed as a landowner in the village of Glowitz, near the city of Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland).

In the 16th century, the name appears in various documents related to the Silesian gentry. For example, a nobleman named Caspar Jelinski is mentioned in the Chronicles of the Duchy of Olesnica from 1572.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the JELINSKI name gained prominence in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, with several individuals of note bearing this surname. Notably, Jan Jelinski (1616-1683) was a renowned poet and translator who served as a secretary to King Jan Kazimierz.

Another notable figure was Michał Jelinski (1738-1804), a military officer who fought in the Bar Confederation against the partitions of Poland. He later became a prominent commander in the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794.

In the 19th century, the JELINSKI name was well-represented among the Polish intelligentsia and nobility. For instance, Aleksander Jelinski (1802-1876) was a respected historian and author who wrote extensively on the history of Poland and the Polish language.

Furthermore, the village of Jelinsk, located in the Lublin Voivodeship of eastern Poland, likely derived its name from an early bearer of the JELINSKI surname, suggesting the family's longstanding ties to the region.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jelinski

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

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

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