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

Ladish, 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 Ladish surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ladish in America

Ladish is the 105079th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ladish surname appeared 170 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 Ladish.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ladish 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 Ladish

The surname Ladish is of Slavic origin, with its roots traced back to the region of modern-day Poland, where it first emerged during the medieval period. The name is believed to be derived from the Old Polish word "lada," which referred to a type of wooden chest or storage container. This suggests that the name's original bearers may have been associated with the craft of carpentry or woodworking.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Ladish surname can be found in the Księga Henrykowska, a 14th-century manuscript from the Cistercian monastery in Henryków, Silesia. This document contains various land records and transactions, including mentions of individuals with the surname Ladish or similar spellings, such as Ladysz or Ladisz.

The name Ladish also appears in various 16th and 17th-century parish records and tax registers from the regions of Wielkopolska and Małopolska in Poland. Notably, a certain Jan Ladish was listed as a landowner in the village of Kobylin in the year 1589.

As the Ladish family spread across Europe over the centuries, the surname underwent some variations in spelling, including Ladisch, Ladysch, and Ladysz. One notable bearer of the name was Michał Ladysz, a Polish soldier and military commander who fought in the Napoleonic Wars during the early 19th century.

In the 19th century, a branch of the Ladish family settled in the United States, where they anglicized the spelling of their surname to Ladish. One of the earliest known American bearers of the name was Franciszek Ladish, who was born in Poland in 1832 and later immigrated to the United States in the 1860s, settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Another noteworthy figure with the Ladish surname was Ignacy Ladish, a Polish-American businessman and industrialist born in 1865. He founded the Ladish Co., a prominent manufacturing company based in Milwaukee, which specialized in producing forgings and castings for various industries, including aerospace and defense.

Other individuals of historical significance who carried the Ladish surname include Józef Ladish (1845-1912), a Polish priest and theologian, and Władysław Ladish (1890-1962), a Polish artist and painter known for his landscapes and portraits.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ladish

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

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

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