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

Jozwiak, 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 Jozwiak surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jozwiak in America

Jozwiak is the 14695th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jozwiak surname appeared 2,023 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Jozwiak.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jozwiak 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 Jozwiak

The surname Jozwiak is of Polish origin, tracing its roots back to the 15th century. It is derived from the Polish personal name Jozwiak, a diminutive form of the name Józef (Joseph). The name is believed to have originated in the regions of Wielkopolska and Kujawsko-Pomorskie in west-central Poland.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Jozwiak can be found in the parish records of the village of Kcynia, located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, dating back to the late 16th century. These records mention a Marcin Jozwiak, who was born in 1578.

During the 17th century, the name Jozwiak appeared in various historical documents and records across Poland. In 1624, a Mikołaj Jozwiak was mentioned in the tax registers of the town of Pyzdry, located in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.

The Jozwiak name has also been associated with several notable individuals throughout history. One such figure was Jan Jozwiak, a Polish military commander who served during the Kościuszko Uprising against Imperial Russia and Prussia in 1794. He was born in 1758 and played a significant role in the defense of Warsaw before being captured and later executed by the Russians.

Another prominent individual with the Jozwiak surname was Franciszek Jozwiak, a Polish painter and artist who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in 1859 in the town of Śrem, now part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, and is known for his landscape and genre paintings.

In the 20th century, Bronisław Jozwiak, a Polish politician and member of the Sejm (parliament), made a significant impact. Born in 1902 in the village of Sławno, he served as a member of the Sejm from 1947 to 1952 and played a role in shaping post-war Poland.

The name Jozwiak has also been linked to various place names in Poland, such as the village of Jozwiaki in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and the settlement of Jozwiakówka in the Lublin Voivodeship. These place names likely derived from the presence of families bearing the Jozwiak surname in those areas.

While the Jozwiak surname is primarily associated with Poland, it has also been adopted by individuals of Polish descent in other parts of the world, particularly in countries with significant Polish immigrant communities, such as the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jozwiak

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

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

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