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

Juszczak, 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 Juszczak surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Juszczak in America

Juszczak is the 66553rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Juszczak surname appeared 297 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 Juszczak.

We can also compare 2010 data for Juszczak 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 Juszczak

The surname Juszczak is of Polish origin, traceable back to the late 16th century. It derived from the diminutive form of the personal name "Justyn," which was the Polish version of the Latin name "Justinus." The name Justyn itself stemmed from the word "justus," meaning "just" or "righteous."

Juszczak is believed to have originated in the regions of Greater Poland and Silesia, where it was first recorded in parish registers and tax records. Some of the earliest known bearers of this name were found in the villages around Poznan and Wroclaw during the 1600s.

One of the earliest documented individuals with the surname Juszczak was Jan Juszczak, a landowner from the village of Krosno, near Poznan, who was mentioned in a court record from 1624. Another early record is of Bartosz Juszczak, a farmer from the village of Strzegom, near Wroclaw, who appeared in a tax register in 1637.

In the 18th century, the name Juszczak was also found in various historical documents from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. For instance, Maciej Juszczak, a merchant from Krakow, was listed in a trade guild register from 1756. Additionally, a soldier named Franciszek Juszczak fought in the Kosciuszko Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1794.

As the centuries progressed, the Juszczak surname continued to spread across Poland and beyond. Notable individuals with this name include Józef Juszczak (1826-1899), a Polish priest and writer who published several religious works, and Wacław Juszczak (1884-1953), a Polish painter and art professor who specialized in portraiture and landscapes.

Other notable Juszczaks throughout history include Władysław Juszczak (1913-1994), a Polish military officer who fought in World War II and later served in the Polish People's Army, and Kazimierz Juszczak (1925-2005), a Polish writer and journalist who wrote extensively about World War II and the Polish resistance movement.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Juszczak

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

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

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