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

Lojko, 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 Lojko surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lojko in America

Lojko is the 82044th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lojko surname appeared 230 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 Lojko.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lojko 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 Lojko

The surname Lojko has its origins in Eastern Europe, specifically in the regions of modern-day Poland and Ukraine. Its earliest recorded instances date back to the 16th century, when it was often spelled as "Lojko" or "Łojko" in Polish. The name is derived from the Slavic root "loy," which means "fat" or "grease," and may have been an occupational surname given to those who worked with oils or fats.

One of the earliest known records of the Lojko name appears in the Metryka Koronna, a collection of official documents from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the year 1564. This entry mentions a certain Jan Lojko, who was a landowner in the Volhynian region of what is now western Ukraine.

In the 17th century, the name Lojko can be found in various church records and census documents from the towns and villages of the Lublin region in eastern Poland. For instance, a baptismal record from the town of Lubartów in 1621 lists a child named Katarzyna, daughter of Michał Lojko.

During the 18th century, the Lojko surname spread to other parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, including the territories of modern-day Belarus and Lithuania. One notable bearer of the name was Piotr Lojko (1720-1789), a Polish nobleman and landowner from the Brest region (now in Belarus).

As the 19th century dawned, the Lojko name continued to be present in various regions of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. One prominent figure was Stanisław Lojko (1815-1887), a Polish linguist and philologist who made significant contributions to the study of the Polish language.

Another notable individual bearing the Lojko surname was Józef Lojko (1865-1941), a Polish priest and historian from the Galicia region (now part of western Ukraine). He authored several works on the history of the Catholic Church in that region.

It is worth noting that the Lojko surname has also been found in various spelling variations, such as Łojko, Loyko, and Loiko, reflecting the linguistic diversity of the regions where it originated and spread.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lojko

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

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

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