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

Miklasz, 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 Miklasz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Miklasz in America

Miklasz is the 159712th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Miklasz surname appeared 101 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 Miklasz.

The history of the last name Miklasz

The surname Miklasz is of Polish origin and dates back to the late medieval period. It is derived from the Polish personal name Mikołaj, which is the Polish form of the name Nicholas. The name Mikołaj itself is derived from the Greek name Nikolaos, meaning "victory of the people."

Miklasz is a patronymic surname, meaning it was originally formed by adding a suffix to the personal name Mikołaj. The suffix "-sz" was commonly used in Polish surnames to indicate a familial relationship or descent from an individual with a particular given name.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Miklasz can be found in the Polish town of Bydgoszcz, where a person named Jan Miklasz is mentioned in a document dated 1548. The name also appears in records from the 16th and 17th centuries in various regions of Poland, particularly in the areas around Krakow and Warsaw.

Notable individuals with the surname Miklasz throughout history include:

1. Andrzej Miklasz (born 1954), a Polish footballer who played as a defender for clubs like Wisła Kraków and the Polish national team in the 1970s and 1980s.

2. Stanisław Miklasz (1915-1944), a Polish resistance fighter during World War II who was executed by the German occupying forces for his involvement in the Polish Underground State.

3. Jakub Miklasz (born 1987), a contemporary Polish professional basketball player who has played for several teams in the Polish Basketball League.

4. Wacław Miklasz (1870-1944), a Polish painter and art teacher known for his landscapes and portraits, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

5. Tomasz Miklasz (born 1979), a Polish linguist and academic, currently a professor of linguistics at the University of Warsaw.

The surname Miklasz has also been associated with various place names in Poland, such as the village of Mikłaszówka in the Lublin region, which likely derived its name from an early settler or landowner with the surname Miklasz.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Miklasz

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

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 Miklasz 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.

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

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