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

Kaniecki, 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 Kaniecki surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kaniecki in America

Kaniecki is the 69392nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kaniecki surname appeared 283 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 Kaniecki.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kaniecki 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 Kaniecki

The surname Kaniecki is of Polish origin, deriving from the word "kan" which means "duck" in Polish. This suggests that the name may have originated as a nickname for someone who hunted or kept ducks, or perhaps someone with a peculiar walking style likened to a duck's waddle.

The earliest recorded instances of the Kaniecki surname can be traced back to the 16th century in the Krakow region of southern Poland. In 1532, a document from the town of Bochnia mentions a certain Jakub Kaniecki, who may have been a local landowner or tradesman.

Variations in spelling were common in those times, and the name appeared as Kaniecky, Kanietzki, and Kanyetski in different historical records from the 16th and 17th centuries. Some of these variations suggest potential connections to the nearby town of Kańczuga, which may have been the ancestral homeland of some Kaniecki families.

In the 18th century, the name started to spread beyond the Krakow region as the Polish population became more mobile. One notable bearer of the Kaniecki name was Jan Kaniecki, a Polish military officer who fought in the Kosciuszko Uprising against Russian rule in 1794.

As Poland endured periods of partition and occupation by foreign powers throughout the 19th century, many Kaniecki families emigrated to other parts of Europe and the Americas. Franciszek Kaniecki, born in 1844, was a Polish journalist and activist who advocated for Polish independence and cultural preservation in the face of Russification policies.

Other notable individuals with the Kaniecki surname include Stanislaw Kaniecki (1892-1965), a Polish priest and scholar who specialized in the history of the Catholic Church in Poland, and Tadeusz Kaniecki (1924-2004), a Polish actor and theater director who appeared in numerous films and television productions.

While the Kaniecki name is still most common in Poland, it has also taken root in various Polish diasporas around the world, particularly in the United States, Canada, and other regions with significant Polish immigrant populations.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kaniecki

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

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

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