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

Luczak, 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 Luczak surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Luczak in America

Luczak is the 19390th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Luczak surname appeared 1,394 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 Luczak.

We can also compare 2010 data for Luczak 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 Luczak

The surname Luczak originates from Poland, deriving from the Slavic word "lucz" meaning "bow" or "arc." This indicates the name may have been initially given to an archer or someone skilled with a bow.

In the early Middle Ages, surnames were not yet widely adopted in Poland. The practice of inheriting family names gradually emerged among the nobility and land-owning classes in the 13th and 14th centuries before spreading to other social strata.

The earliest known written record of the Luczak name can be found in the "Teki Dworzaczka" collection of historical documents from the 15th century, where a certain "Jakub Luczak" is mentioned as a resident of the village of Złotoryja in Lower Silesia.

In the 16th century, the Luczak name appears in various municipal records and court proceedings across Greater Poland and Silesia, reflecting the spread of the surname among the general population.

One notable bearer of the Luczak name was Jan Luczak (c. 1530-1592), a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth nobleman and military commander who fought in the Livonian War against Russia. He was awarded lands in the Łęczyca region for his service.

Another prominent figure was Stanisław Luczak (1701-1768), a Catholic priest and rector of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, known for his extensive writings on theology and philosophy.

In the 19th century, Józef Luczak (1837-1897) gained recognition as a leading figure in the Polish independence movement, actively opposing the partitioning of Poland by Russia, Prussia, and Austria.

The 20th century saw the rise of Wacław Luczak (1910-1988), a celebrated Polish painter and graphic artist whose works are displayed in major museums across the country.

Lastly, Tadeusz Luczak (born 1944) is a renowned Polish mathematician and computer scientist, known for his contributions to combinatorics, graph theory, and algorithmic information theory.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Luczak

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

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

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