Lewczyk last name popularity, history, and meaning

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

Meaning of Lewczyk

A Polish surname meaning "son of Lewko", a diminutive of Leon or Leo.

Lewczyk, 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 Lewczyk surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lewczyk in America

Lewczyk is the 108199th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lewczyk surname appeared 164 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 Lewczyk.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lewczyk 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.

2010 2000 Change (%)
Rank 108199 93006 15.10%
Count 164 183 -10.95%
Proportion per 100k 0.06 0.07 -15.38%

The history of the last name Lewczyk

The surname LEWCZYK is of Polish origin, deriving from the personal name Lew, meaning "lion" in Polish. The name likely originated in the 10th or 11th century in the regions that are now part of modern-day Poland.

The earliest recorded instances of the LEWCZYK surname date back to the 13th century. It is believed that the name was initially used to identify individuals who lived in or near a town or village with a name containing the root "lew," which means "lion" in Polish. For example, the name might have been associated with someone from the town of Lewiczyn or Lewin.

In the 14th century, the LEWCZYK surname appeared in various historical documents, such as land records and tax registers in the regions of Greater Poland and Lesser Poland. One notable early bearer of the name was Jakub Lewczyk, a landowner and nobleman who lived in the city of Poznan in the late 14th century.

During the 15th and 16th centuries, the LEWCZYK surname became more widespread across Poland, as well as in neighboring regions like Ukraine and Belarus, where Polish communities had settled. In the 16th century, a Polish soldier named Jan Lewczyk was recorded as having served in the army of King Sigismund I the Old.

In the 17th century, a prominent figure with the LEWCZYK surname was Andrzej Lewczyk, a Polish Catholic priest and theologian who lived from 1618 to 1679. He was known for his writings on religious philosophy and his role in the Counter-Reformation in Poland.

Another notable bearer of the LEWCZYK surname was Franciszek Lewczyk, a Polish painter and engraver who lived from 1789 to 1858. He is best known for his landscape paintings and etchings depicting scenes from Poland and the surrounding regions.

In the 19th century, the LEWCZYK name was associated with several Polish intellectuals and activists. Karol Lewczyk (1821-1892) was a Polish writer, poet, and translator who played a significant role in the Polish literary renaissance of the 19th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lewczyk

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

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 Lewczyk was:

Race/Ethnicity Percentage Total Occurrences
Non-Hispanic White Only 94.51% 155
Non-Hispanic Black Only 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races 0.00% 0
Hispanic Origin 5.49% 9

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 Lewczyk has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

2010 2000 Change (%)
White 94.51% 96.17% -1.74%
Black 0.00% (S)% (S)%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.00% (S)% (S)%
American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Two or More Races 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Hispanic 5.49% 3.28% 50.40%

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

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