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

Kowalczyk, 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 Kowalczyk surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kowalczyk in America

Kowalczyk is the 6107th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kowalczyk surname appeared 5,615 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Kowalczyk.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kowalczyk 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 Kowalczyk

The surname KOWALCZYK is of Polish origin, originating in the medieval period. It is derived from the Polish word "kowal," which means "blacksmith," and the suffix "-czyk," which indicates a diminutive or a son of someone. The name likely originated as a descriptive surname for someone who was a blacksmith or the son of a blacksmith.

KOWALCZYK is a fairly common surname in Poland, particularly in regions like Silesia, Greater Poland, and Mazovia, where blacksmithing was a prominent occupation. The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in various Polish historical documents, such as church records and tax rolls, dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries.

One of the earliest known bearers of the KOWALCZYK surname was Jan Kowalczyk, a blacksmith who lived in the town of Bydgoszcz in the late 16th century. Another notable figure was Stanisław Kowalczyk, a Polish nobleman and military commander who fought in the Polish-Swedish War of the 17th century.

During the 19th century, the KOWALCZYK surname spread beyond Poland due to emigration. Notable individuals with this surname from that era include Józef Kowalczyk (1838-1918), a Polish-American farmer and community leader in Wisconsin, and Franciszek Kowalczyk (1857-1932), a Polish-Canadian blacksmith and businessman in Ontario.

Other notable individuals with the KOWALCZYK surname include Kazimierz Kowalczyk (1925-2007), a Polish writer and journalist, and Józef Kowalczyk (1938-2003), a Polish Olympic athlete who competed in cross-country skiing.

The KOWALCZYK name has also been associated with several geographical locations in Poland, such as the villages of Kowalczyki and Kowalczyki Duże, which likely derived their names from early settlers or inhabitants with the KOWALCZYK surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kowalczyk

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

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

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