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

Mazal, 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 Mazal surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Mazal in America

Mazal is the 114424th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Mazal surname appeared 153 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 Mazal.

We can also compare 2010 data for Mazal 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 Mazal

The surname Mazal is believed to have originated in Eastern Europe, specifically in the regions of modern-day Poland and Ukraine. It is thought to be derived from the Hebrew word "mazal," which means luck or fortune. This name likely emerged during the Middle Ages when many Jewish communities were well-established in these areas.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Mazal surname can be found in the 16th century Polish census records, where it appeared in various spellings such as Mazel, Mazzel, and Mazal. It is also mentioned in a few historical documents from the region, including a reference to a Rabbi Yitzchak Mazal who lived in the town of Lublin, Poland, in the early 1600s.

In the 18th century, the Mazal name became more widespread across Eastern Europe, with several notable individuals bearing this surname. One such person was Shlomo ben Yehuda Mazal, a renowned Talmudic scholar who lived in the city of Berdychiv, Ukraine, during the late 1700s.

As the Jewish population in Eastern Europe grew and dispersed, the Mazal surname began to appear in other parts of the world as well. In the 19th century, there are records of individuals with the Mazal surname in various European cities, including London and Amsterdam.

One of the most prominent figures with the Mazal surname was Avraham Mazal, a Polish-born Zionist activist who played a significant role in the early stages of the Jewish settlement in Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in 1856 and died in 1925.

Another notable person with the Mazal surname was Izaak Mazal, a Polish-Jewish writer and journalist who lived from 1864 to 1942. He was known for his contributions to Yiddish literature and his work as a correspondent for several Jewish newspapers in Warsaw.

In the 20th century, the Mazal surname continued to spread globally, with individuals bearing this name found in various countries, including the United States, Israel, and South America. One example is Moshe Mazal, an Israeli writer and educator who was born in 1932 and wrote several books on Jewish history and culture.

While the Mazal surname may have originated in Eastern Europe, it has since become a part of the rich tapestry of Jewish surnames found across the world, carrying with it a sense of fortune and luck.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Mazal

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

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

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