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

Kubinec, 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 Kubinec surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kubinec in America

Kubinec is the 137327th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kubinec surname appeared 122 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 Kubinec.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kubinec 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 Kubinec

The surname KUBINEC is of Eastern European origin, specifically from the Slovak region. It is believed to have originated in the late 16th or early 17th century. The name is derived from the Slovak word "kuba," which means a small hut or cottage, and the suffix "-nec" indicates a person associated with or living in such a dwelling.

The earliest recorded instances of the KUBINEC surname can be found in church records and land registries from various villages in central and eastern Slovakia. One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Ján Kubinec, born around 1620 in the village of Horná Štubňa, in what is now the Banská Bystrica region.

In the 18th century, the name appears in several historical documents related to the mining industry in the region, suggesting that some KUBINEC families were involved in mining activities. For example, a record from 1745 mentions a Juraj Kubinec, a miner from the town of Banská Štiavnica.

As the KUBINEC name spread throughout Slovakia and neighboring regions, it underwent various spelling variations, such as Kubinetz, Kubinecz, and Kubinicz. These variations were often influenced by the local dialects and regional variations in Slovak orthography.

Notable individuals with the KUBINEC surname include:

1. Matej Kubinec (1795-1872), a Slovak writer, poet, and educator who contributed significantly to the development of Slovak literature and language.
2. Ján Kubinec (1865-1925), a Slovak politician and member of the Hungarian parliament, representing the interests of the Slovak minority in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
3. Michal Kubinec (1908-1992), a Slovak architect and urban planner, known for his contributions to the development of modernist architecture in Czechoslovakia.
4. Jozef Kubinec (1919-2004), a Slovak painter and graphic artist, renowned for his landscapes and still-life paintings.
5. Peter Kubinec (born 1953), a Slovak ice hockey player who played for the Czechoslovak national team and won a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

While the KUBINEC surname is most commonly found in Slovakia, it has also spread to other parts of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as to various immigrant communities worldwide, particularly in North America and Australia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kubinec

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

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

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