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

Kanevsky, 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 Kanevsky surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kanevsky in America

Kanevsky is the 74141st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kanevsky surname appeared 261 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 Kanevsky.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kanevsky 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 Kanevsky

The surname Kanevsky originates from Russia, dating back to the 16th century. It is believed to have derived from the name of the town Kanev, located in the Cherkasy Oblast region of central Ukraine. Kanev itself is thought to have been named after the Slavic word "kan," meaning "pit" or "ditch," referring to the topography of the area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Kanevsky surname can be found in the Velvet Book, a 17th-century compilation of Russian noble families. This suggests that the name was associated with nobility or landowners in the region during that time.

In the 18th century, a notable figure bearing the Kanevsky name was Mikhail Kanevsky, a Russian military leader who served under Catherine the Great. He was born in 1737 and played a significant role in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774.

Another prominent individual with this surname was Lev Kanevsky, a renowned Russian painter and art theorist who lived from 1839 to 1921. He was a member of the Peredvizhniki movement, a group of realist artists who sought to depict the everyday lives of ordinary people.

In the 20th century, Semyon Kanevsky (1890-1983) was a prominent Soviet economist and statistician. He made significant contributions to the development of input-output analysis, a method for studying the interdependencies between different sectors of an economy.

The Kanevsky surname has also been associated with various place names throughout history. For example, the village of Kanevskaya in the Krasnodar Krai region of southern Russia is believed to have been named after a local landowner or nobleman with the Kanevsky surname.

It's worth noting that variations in spelling, such as Kanevski or Kanevskii, may have occurred over time due to transliteration from the Cyrillic alphabet or regional linguistic differences within Russia and the former Soviet Union.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kanevsky

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

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

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