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

Kochanowicz, 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 Kochanowicz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kochanowicz in America

Kochanowicz is the 90113th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kochanowicz surname appeared 205 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 Kochanowicz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kochanowicz 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 Kochanowicz

The surname Kochanowicz is of Polish origin, originating in the late 16th to early 17th century. It is derived from the Polish personal name Kochanowski, itself a combination of the words "kochany" meaning "beloved" and the Slavic suffix "-owski" indicating belonging or descent. This suggests the name may have initially referred to someone beloved or connected to a person named Kochanowski.

One of the earliest known references to the Kochanowicz surname is found in historical church records from the village of Szydlowiec in central Poland, dating back to the early 1600s. The name is also documented in land registries and tax rolls from this region during the same time period.

An influential early bearer of the Kochanowicz name was Jan Kochanowicz (1570-1631), a wealthy landowner and politician from the Sandomierz region who served as a deputy to the Polish Sejm (parliament) in the early 1600s. Records indicate his family had held estates in the area since the late 1500s.

Another historically significant Kochanowicz was Marianna Kochanowicz (1718-1801), a Catholic nun who founded a convent and school for girls in the town of Bialystok in what is now eastern Poland. She is venerated by some as a folk saint.

The surname achieved wider prominence through the acclaimed 16th century Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584), considered one of the greatest writers in Polish literary history. Though he did not use the Kochanowicz variant spelling, many later poets and scholars took this as their surname to honor his legacy.

In the 19th century, Franciszek Kochanowicz (1821-1899) was a Polish painter noted for his romantic landscapes and historical scenes depicting life in the Polish countryside. His works are housed in museums across Poland.

While never a widespread surname, Kochanowicz remained present among the Polish nobility and landed gentry through the 19th century, as evidenced by land and tax records from that era in territories then controlled by the Russian Empire.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kochanowicz

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

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

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