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

Koltun, 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 Koltun surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Koltun in America

Koltun is the 71886th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Koltun surname appeared 271 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 Koltun.

We can also compare 2010 data for Koltun 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 Koltun

The surname Koltun is of Ukrainian origin, originating in the late 16th or early 17th century. It is derived from the Ukrainian word "koltun," which refers to a tangled mass of hair or a tangle. This surname was likely given to someone who had a distinctive hairstyle or physical appearance characterized by tangled or matted hair.

The earliest recorded instances of the Koltun surname can be found in historical records from the regions of Galicia and Volhynia, which were part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the time. These areas are now located in modern-day western Ukraine and eastern Poland. The surname was particularly prevalent in the areas around the cities of Lviv and Lutsk.

One of the earliest known individuals with the Koltun surname was Ivan Koltun, a Cossack leader who fought against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the mid-17th century. He was active during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, a major Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657.

Another notable figure with the Koltun surname was Oleksandr Koltun, a Ukrainian historian and writer who lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is best known for his work on the history of the Zaporozhian Cossacks and his contributions to the study of Ukrainian folklore and ethnography.

In the 19th century, the Koltun surname spread to other parts of the Russian Empire, including present-day Russia and Belarus. One prominent individual from this period was Mikhail Koltun, a Russian military officer who served in the Imperial Russian Army during the Crimean War (1853-1856).

Moving into the 20th century, one of the most famous individuals with the Koltun surname was Lev Koltun, a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He was born in 1912 in Odesa, Ukraine, and directed several notable films during the Soviet era, including "The Cranes are Flying" (1957), which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Another noteworthy figure with the Koltun surname was Volodymyr Koltun, a Ukrainian painter and artist who lived from 1923 to 1999. He was a prominent figure in the Ukrainian avant-garde art movement and is known for his abstract expressionist paintings and works exploring Ukrainian folk art and traditions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Koltun

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

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

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