Moczyński last name popularity, history, and meaning

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

Meaning of Moczyński

A Polish surname derived from the word "moczyn", meaning "swamp" or "wetland".

Moczyński, 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 Moczyński surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Moczyński in America

Moczyński is the 98099th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Moczyński surname appeared 185 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 Moczyński.

We can also compare 2010 data for Moczyński 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.

2010 2000 Change (%)
Rank 98099 91004 7.50%
Count 185 188 -1.61%
Proportion per 100k 0.06 0.07 -15.38%

The history of the last name Moczyński

The surname Moczynski is of Polish origin, with roots tracing back to the early medieval period. It is derived from the Slavic word "mocz," which means "wet" or "moist," and likely referred to someone who lived near a body of water or in a marshy area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Liber Beneficiorum, a 15th-century record of landed gentry and their fiefs in the Kraków region of Poland. This document mentions a Petrus Moczinsky, who held lands near the village of Moczynka.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Moczynski name appeared in various Polish chronicles and records, including the Akta Grodzkie, a collection of court records from the Lublin region. These documents reference several individuals with the surname, such as Jan Moczynski (born around 1540) and Tomasz Moczynski (born circa 1590).

The Moczynski name was also associated with several noble families in Poland, including the Moczynski coat of arms, which featured a silver crescent moon on a blue field. Notable members of this family included Jerzy Moczynski (1610-1675), a Polish nobleman and military commander who fought against the Swedish invasion during the Deluge, and Franciszek Moczynski (1760-1831), a Polish politician and landowner.

Another prominent figure bearing the Moczynski surname was Karol Moczynski (1825-1904), a Polish writer and journalist who was active during the January Uprising against the Russian Empire. He wrote several novels and plays that explored themes of Polish nationalism and independence.

In the 19th century, the Moczynski name also appeared in records of Polish immigrants to the United States and other parts of the world. One notable example is Antoni Moczynski (1855-1935), a Polish-American architect who designed several notable buildings in Chicago, including the St. Stanislaus Kostka Church.

While the Moczynski surname has a rich history in Poland, it has also spread to other parts of the world through migration and diaspora communities. However, its roots can be traced back to the medieval period in Poland, where it likely originated as a descriptive name for someone who lived near a body of water or in a marshy area.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Moczyński

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

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 Moczyński was:

Race/Ethnicity Percentage Total Occurrences
Non-Hispanic White Only 98.92% 183
Non-Hispanic Black Only 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only (S)% (S)
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races 0.00% 0
Hispanic Origin (S)% (S)

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 Moczyński has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

2010 2000 Change (%)
White 98.92% 98.40% 0.53%
Black 0.00% (S)% (S)%
Asian and Pacific Islander (S)% (S)% (S)%
American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Two or More Races 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Hispanic (S)% (S)% (S)%

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

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