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

Kasprzyk, 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 Kasprzyk surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kasprzyk in America

Kasprzyk is the 24874th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kasprzyk surname appeared 1,000 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 Kasprzyk.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kasprzyk 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 Kasprzyk

The surname Kasprzyk originated in Poland. It is a Polish patronymic name derived from the given name Kasper or Kacper, which is the Polish variant of the name Caspar or Gaspar. This name can be traced back to the ancient Persian word "ganzabara" meaning "treasurer" or "keeper of the treasury".

In the early Middle Ages, the name Kasper was introduced to Poland along with Christianity. It became a popular name among the Polish nobility and gentry. The patronymic suffix "-yk" was added to the name Kasper, forming the surname Kasprzyk, which meant "son of Kasper".

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Kasprzyk can be found in the Księga Henrykowska (Henryków Book), a 14th-century manuscript containing records of land ownership and legal transactions in the Silesian region of Poland. The name Kasprzyk appears in this document, indicating that the surname was already in use by that time.

During the Renaissance period, a notable individual bearing the surname Kasprzyk was Jan Kasprzyk (c. 1508-1584), a Polish humanist scholar, poet, and translator. He was born in Kraków and studied at the University of Kraków, later becoming a tutor to the sons of wealthy noble families.

In the 17th century, Mikołaj Kasprzyk (1640-1709) was a Polish Baroque painter and engraver. He was born in Kraków and is known for his religious paintings and engravings, many of which can be found in churches and monasteries throughout Poland.

Another notable figure was Józef Kasprzyk (1860-1936), a Polish-American inventor and entrepreneur. He was born in Kraków and emigrated to the United States in the late 19th century. Kasprzyk is credited with inventing the first successful coin-operated vending machine for dispensing stamps, which he patented in 1888.

In the 20th century, Stanisław Kasprzyk (1912-1999) was a Polish-born American writer and journalist. He was born in Chełm, Poland, and immigrated to the United States in the late 1930s. Kasprzyk worked as a journalist for various Polish-American publications and authored several books about Polish history and culture.

Another notable individual with the surname Kasprzyk was Władysław Kasprzyk (1905-1983), a Polish military officer and resistance fighter during World War II. He was born in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) and played a prominent role in the Polish Underground State and the Armia Krajowa (Home Army) resistance movement against the German occupation.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kasprzyk

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

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

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