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

Nalepa, 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 Nalepa surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Nalepa in America

Nalepa is the 29064th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Nalepa surname appeared 816 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 Nalepa.

We can also compare 2010 data for Nalepa 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 Nalepa

The surname Nalepa originated in Poland. It is derived from the Old Polish word "nalep" meaning "patch" or "graft." This suggests the name may have originally referred to someone who worked as a grafter of plants or trees.

In the 14th century, there are records of the name being spelled "Nalepka" in the village of Nalepa near Krakow. This places the origin of the name around this region of southern Poland during medieval times.

Some of the earliest documented examples of the surname include Stanislaw Nalepa born around 1420 in the town of Biecz, and Jan Nalepa born in 1503 in Nowy Sacz. Both were landowners and farmers.

The name Nalepa is also found in some Polish nobility records from the 16th century. For example, Tomasz Nalepa is listed as a noble landowner in 1587 in the village of Gromnik near Krakow.

In the 18th century, Father Franciszek Nalepa (1712-1788) was a respected Catholic priest and scholar who wrote extensively on theology and philosophy. He served as a professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

Another notable bearer was General Stanislaw Nalepa (1867-1938), a Polish military officer who fought in the Polish-Soviet War and later commanded Polish forces during the 1939 invasion of Poland at the start of World War II.

Artist Jerzy Nalepa (1932-2017) was a famous Polish singer and composer, considered one of the pioneers of blues rock music in Poland during the 1960s and 1970s as the frontman of the band Breakout.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Nalepa

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

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

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