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

Najdek, 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 Najdek surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Najdek in America

Najdek is the 94311th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Najdek surname appeared 194 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 Najdek.

We can also compare 2010 data for Najdek 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 Najdek

The surname NAJDEK is believed to have originated in the Slavic countries of Eastern Europe, likely in the region that is now Poland or the Czech Republic. It is thought to be derived from the Slavic word "najdek," which means "foundling" or "orphan."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the NAJDEK surname can be found in the Akta Grodzkie, a collection of legal records from the Polish town of Sanok, dating back to the 16th century. In these records, a man named Jan NAJDEK is mentioned as a witness in a court case from 1572.

The NAJDEK name appears to have been particularly common in the Silesian region, which was historically part of Poland but is now divided between southwestern Poland and the Czech Republic. In the 19th century, several individuals with the NAJDEK surname were recorded in church records and census documents from the towns of Opava, Ostrava, and Frydek-Mistek in what is now the Czech Republic.

One notable individual with the NAJDEK surname was Józef NAJDEK, a Polish soldier who fought in the November Uprising against Russian rule in 1830-1831. He was born in 1805 and was captured by Russian forces during the uprising, spending several years in prison before being released in 1835.

Another person of historical significance with the NAJDEK name was Karolina NAJDEK, a Polish author and poet who lived in the late 19th century. She was born in 1859 in the town of Bielsko-Biała (now in southern Poland) and published several collections of poetry and short stories during her lifetime.

In the early 20th century, a man named Stanisław NAJDEK gained recognition as a prominent architect in the city of Lviv, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in western Ukraine). He designed several notable buildings in the city, including the Lviv Polytechnic Institute and the St. George's Cathedral, which were completed in the 1920s.

A variant spelling of the surname, NAYDEK, was also present in some historical records. For example, a man named Andrzej NAYDEK was listed as a landowner in the village of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, located in southern Poland, in a census record from the late 18th century.

While the NAJDEK surname is not particularly common today, it has a rich history and can be traced back several centuries in various regions of Eastern Europe, particularly in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Najdek

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

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

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