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

Kolenda, 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 Kolenda surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kolenda in America

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

The Kolenda 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 Kolenda.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kolenda 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 Kolenda

The surname Kolenda is of Polish origin and dates back to the 16th century. It is derived from the Polish word "kolenda," which means "carol" or "Christmas song." The name likely originated in the regions of Mazovia and Greater Poland, where it was commonly used.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name Kolenda appeared in various Polish records and documents, including parish registers and court records. One of the earliest known references to the name can be found in the "Akta Grodzkie i Ziemskie" (District and Land Records) from the town of Kalisz, dated 1576.

The first recorded bearer of the name Kolenda was Jan Kolenda, a merchant from the town of Poznan, who lived in the late 16th century. Another notable figure was Andrzej Kolenda, a renowned composer and organist from Krakow, who lived in the early 17th century (c. 1590-1638).

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kolenda surname spread across various regions of Poland, as well as to other parts of Europe and the Americas due to migration. Some notable individuals with this surname include:

1. Wladyslaw Kolenda (1873-1942), a Polish painter and art professor.
2. Aleksander Kolenda (1919-1982), a Polish military officer and resistance fighter during World War II.
3. Kazimierz Kolenda (1926-2016), a Polish-American archaeologist and professor at Harvard University.
4. Andrzej Kolenda (born 1944), a Polish writer and journalist.
5. Zenon Kolenda (born 1951), a Polish-American professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Notre Dame.

The Kolenda surname has also been associated with various place names in Poland, such as Kolenda (a village in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship) and Kolendowice (a village in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship). These place names may have influenced the formation and spread of the surname in certain regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kolenda

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

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

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