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

Jurek, 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 Jurek surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jurek in America

Jurek is the 12961st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jurek surname appeared 2,370 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 Jurek.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jurek 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 Jurek

The surname JUREK is of Polish origin, derived from the personal name Jerzy, which is the Polish form of George. The name can be traced back to the 12th century in Poland.

The earliest known recorded instance of the name JUREK dates back to the 14th century, appearing in a document from the town of Krakow. At that time, the name was spelled "Yurek" or "Iurek," which was a common spelling variation in medieval Poland.

In the 15th century, the name JUREK was found in various historical records from the regions of Silesia and Greater Poland. Some of these records include mentions of individuals with the surname, such as Jan Jurek, a merchant from Poznan who lived in the late 1400s.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the JUREK surname became more widespread across Poland, particularly in the central and southern regions. Notable individuals from this period include Marcin Jurek, a Catholic priest and scholar born in 1587 in Krakow, and Jakub Jurek, a military officer who fought in the Polish-Swedish Wars of the mid-17th century.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the JUREK surname outside of Poland dates back to the late 17th century, when a family with the name settled in the city of Vilnius, which was then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the JUREK surname continued to be prevalent in Polish communities, with several notable figures bearing the name. These include Stanisław Jurek, a Polish revolutionary who participated in the November Uprising against Russian rule in 1830, and Józef Jurek, a painter and artist born in 1853 in Kraków.

Other historical figures with the JUREK surname include Kazimierz Jurek (1871-1942), a Polish politician and member of the Sejm (parliament) in the early 20th century, and Józef Jurek (1888-1945), a Catholic priest and resistance fighter during World War II.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jurek

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

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

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