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

Kubicek, 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 Kubicek surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kubicek in America

Kubicek is the 21535th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kubicek surname appeared 1,212 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 Kubicek.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kubicek 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 Kubicek

The surname Kubicek is of Czech origin and can be traced back to the late 16th century. It is derived from the Czech word "kubik," which means a cubic measure or a cube, and likely referred to someone who worked with cubic measurements or lived in a cube-shaped dwelling.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Kubicek can be found in the Czech land records from the late 1500s, where a Jan Kubicek is mentioned as a resident of the village of Velké Meziříčí. The name also appears in various church records and tax registers from the 17th and 18th centuries in the regions of Bohemia and Moravia, which were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time.

In the 19th century, the name Kubicek gained prominence with the birth of the famous Czech composer Leoš Kubicek (1836-1904), who is best known for his operas and orchestral works that incorporated elements of Czech folk music.

Another notable individual with the surname Kubicek was Karel Kubicek (1888-1965), a Czech mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to the fields of differential geometry and relativity theory.

The name Kubicek can also be found in historical records from other parts of Europe, such as Poland and Germany, where it likely arrived through migration and intermarriage. One example is Józef Kubicek (1790-1856), a Polish engineer and architect who designed several notable buildings in Warsaw.

In the 20th century, a prominent figure with the surname Kubicek was the Czech-American writer and journalist Jaroslav Kubicek (1925-2017), who wrote extensively about the experiences of Czech immigrants in the United States.

Lastly, it is worth mentioning Václav Kubicek (1914-1992), a Czech politician and dissident who played a significant role in the Velvet Revolution that brought an end to communist rule in Czechoslovakia in 1989.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kubicek

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

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

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