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

Marciniak, 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 Marciniak surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Marciniak in America

Marciniak is the 11821st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Marciniak surname appeared 2,647 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Marciniak.

We can also compare 2010 data for Marciniak 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 Marciniak

The surname Marciniak originates from Poland, where it first appeared in the 14th century. It is derived from the Polish masculine name Marcin, which is the Polish form of the Latin name Martinus, meaning "dedicated to Mars," the Roman god of war.

The name Marciniak is a patronymic surname, meaning it was formed by adding the suffix "-iak" to the name Marcin. This type of surname indicated that the person was the son or descendant of someone named Marcin. In Polish, the suffix "-iak" is a common way to form patronymic surnames.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Marciniak surname can be found in the Akta Grodzkie, a collection of historical court records from the 15th to 18th centuries in Poland. In these records, the name is sometimes spelled as "Marcziniak" or "Marczynyak," reflecting the variations in spelling that were common before standardization.

The Marciniak surname has been borne by several notable individuals throughout history, including Józef Marciniak (1829-1908), a Polish painter and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Another notable bearer of the name was Mieczysław Marciniak (1886-1963), a Polish athlete who competed in the 1912 and 1920 Olympic Games.

In the 19th century, Jan Marciniak (1856-1939) was a prominent Polish architect who designed several notable buildings in Warsaw, including the Neo-Renaissance style Zachęta Palace, which now houses the National Gallery of Art.

Another individual of note was Józef Marciniak (1910-1998), a Polish Roman Catholic priest who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Gdańsk from 1973 to 1992.

During World War II, Stanisław Marciniak (1910-1998) was a member of the Polish resistance movement and served as a liaison officer between the Polish Underground State and the Polish Armed Forces in the West. He later became a prominent politician and diplomat after the war.

These are just a few examples of the many individuals throughout history who have borne the surname Marciniak, reflecting its deep roots and significance within Polish culture and society.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Marciniak

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

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

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