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

Konietzko, 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 Konietzko surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Konietzko in America

Konietzko is the 160975th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Konietzko surname appeared 100 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 Konietzko.

The history of the last name Konietzko

The surname Konietzko is of Polish origin, derived from the word "koń" meaning horse and "Koniec" referring to the end or edge of something. It likely originated as a name for someone who lived on the outskirts of a village or near a stable area.

The earliest recorded instances of the Konietzko surname date back to the 15th century in various regions of modern-day Poland. Historical records suggest it was particularly common in the areas surrounding the cities of Poznań and Bydgoszcz.

One of the earliest known mentions of the name is in a 1482 document from the town of Kościan, which references a landowner named Jan Konietzko. Another early record is from 1512 in the city of Inowrocław, where a merchant named Maciej Konietzko is listed.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Konietzko name appears sporadically in various Polish records, with slight spelling variations like Konieczko or Koniecko. A notable figure from this period was Bartłomiej Konietzko, a respected physician who practiced in Kraków in the late 1600s.

In the 19th century, there are records of Konietzko families living in the Prussian-controlled regions of what is now western Poland. One such individual was Franciszek Konietzko, a prominent landowner and community leader born in 1815 in the town of Gniezno.

As Polish communities began emigrating to other parts of Europe and the Americas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Konietzko surname spread to other countries. Antoni Konietzko, born in 1872 in Poznań, was among the early Polish settlers in the United States, arriving in Chicago in 1892.

Other notable individuals with the Konietzko surname include Kazimierz Konietzko, a Polish military officer and resistance fighter during World War II, and Józef Konietzko, a respected linguist and scholar of Slavic languages born in 1910 in Bydgoszcz.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Konietzko

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

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 Konietzko 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.

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

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