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

Majkut, 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 Majkut surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Majkut in America

Majkut is the 63068th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Majkut surname appeared 317 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 Majkut.

We can also compare 2010 data for Majkut 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 Majkut

The surname MAJKUT has its origins in Poland, with the earliest records dating back to the 16th century. It is believed to have derived from a diminutive form of the Polish name Maciej, which is the Polish variant of the biblical name Matthew. The '-kut' suffix was often added to Polish surnames to indicate a diminutive or affectionate form.

One of the earliest known bearers of the MAJKUT surname was Jan Majkut, a merchant who lived in the city of Krakow in the late 16th century. His name is recorded in the city's tax records from that time period. Another early reference to the surname can be found in the 1598 parish records of the village of Gniewczyna Łańcucka, where a certain Andrzej Majkut was listed as a landowner.

In the 17th century, the MAJKUT name appeared in various parts of southern Poland, particularly in the regions of Lesser Poland and Galicia. A notable bearer of the name from this era was Stanisław Majkut, a scholar and professor of philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, who lived from 1630 to 1698.

As the centuries passed, the MAJKUT surname spread further across Poland and into other parts of Eastern Europe. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name outside of Poland was in the 19th century, when a family of Majkuts settled in the town of Chernivtsi, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in modern-day Ukraine).

Other notable individuals with the MAJKUT surname include Franciszek Majkut (1858-1932), a Polish painter and art teacher; Józef Majkut (1890-1940), a Polish military officer who fought in World War I and was killed during the Katyn massacre in 1940; and Władysław Majkut (1903-1976), a Polish footballer who played for several clubs in the interwar period.

While the MAJKUT surname is most commonly found in Poland and among the Polish diaspora, it has also been recorded in other parts of Eastern Europe, such as Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, likely due to migration and intermarriage over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Majkut

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

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

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