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

Pachta, 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 Pachta surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pachta in America

Pachta is the 140157th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pachta surname appeared 119 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 Pachta.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pachta 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 Pachta

The surname Pachta originated in the region of Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic, during the late medieval period. It is believed to derive from the Old Czech word "pacht," meaning a lease or a tenant farmer. This suggests that the name may have originally referred to an individual who worked as a tenant on leased land.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Pachta can be found in the Bohemian Land Tables, a series of records documenting legal transactions in the Kingdom of Bohemia, dating back to the 14th century. The name is also found in various parish records and census documents from the 16th and 17th centuries in the regions of Bohemia and Moravia.

In the 15th century, a notable figure bearing the surname Pachta was Jan Pachta, a prominent Bohemian nobleman and landowner who served as a member of the Bohemian Diet (parliament) during the reign of King George of Podebrady. Another early bearer of the name was Mikuláš Pachta, a Catholic priest and chronicler who lived in the town of Tachov in the late 16th century.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Pachta surname appeared in various records across the Bohemian lands, with some individuals achieving notable positions. For instance, Václav Pachta (1618-1682) was a respected lawyer and jurist who served as a judge in the Bohemian Appellate Court.

As the name spread beyond its region of origin, it also acquired variations in spelling, such as Pachtek, Pachtik, and Pachtl. One notable bearer of the Pachtl variant was Franz Pachtl (1798-1884), an Austrian politician and lawyer who served as the Mayor of Vienna in the mid-19th century.

Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, individuals with the surname Pachta continued to make their mark in various fields. For example, Jaroslav Pachta (1868-1935) was a prominent Czech architect who designed several notable buildings in Prague, while Josef Pachta (1899-1973) was a respected Czech painter and graphic artist known for his landscape and still-life works.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pachta

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

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

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