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

Ksor, 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 Ksor surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ksor in America

Ksor is the 43438th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ksor surname appeared 497 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 Ksor.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ksor 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 Ksor

The surname KSOR has its origins in the Slavic regions of Eastern Europe, particularly in modern-day Poland and Ukraine. It first emerged around the 13th century AD as a variation of the more common Slavic surname Kozor or Kozar, which is derived from the Old Slavic word "kozar" meaning "goatherd."

The earliest recorded instances of the KSOR surname can be found in historical records from the Polish region of Silesia, where it was often spelled as "Kzor" or "Ksor." One notable bearer of this name was Jan Ksor, a prominent landowner and military officer who lived in the town of Opole in the late 15th century.

As the KSOR surname spread across Eastern Europe, it also appeared in various local spellings and phonetic variations. In the Czech lands, it was sometimes rendered as "Kzor" or "Kzour," while in parts of modern-day Ukraine and Belarus, it took on forms like "Kzar" or "Kzyr."

By the 16th and 17th centuries, the KSOR surname had become well-established in several regions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which encompassed much of modern-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and parts of Ukraine. Notable bearers from this period include Bartosz Ksor, a prominent merchant and alderman in the city of Krakow (born around 1530), and Mikołaj Ksor, a respected theologian and professor at the University of Vilnius (1602-1677).

The KSOR surname also found its way into the historical records of neighboring regions, such as the German-speaking areas of Silesia and Prussia. One notable figure from this context was Friedrich Ksor, a Prussian military officer and landowner who fought in the Seven Years' War (1718-1784).

Other notable individuals with the KSOR surname throughout history include Józef Ksor, a Polish painter and artist active in the late 18th century, and Andrzej Ksor, a renowned Polish linguist and philologist who made significant contributions to the study of Slavic languages in the early 20th century (1876-1944).

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ksor

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

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

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