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

Paluch, 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 Paluch surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Paluch in America

Paluch is the 19242nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Paluch surname appeared 1,409 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 Paluch.

We can also compare 2010 data for Paluch 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 Paluch

The surname Paluch originates from Poland and can be traced back to the 16th century. It is derived from the Polish word "paluch," which means "thumb" or "big toe." The name likely referred to someone with a distinctive physical feature, such as a particularly large thumb or big toe.

In ancient Polish records, the name appeared in various spellings, including Paluch, Palukh, and Palukhi. One of the earliest known references to the name can be found in the 1564 Krakow tax registers, where a certain Jan Paluch was listed as a resident.

The Paluch name gained prominence in the 17th century, with several notable individuals bearing the surname. One such person was Michał Paluch, a Polish nobleman and military commander who fought in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's wars against Sweden and Russia in the mid-1600s.

During the 18th century, the Paluch family established itself as a respected lineage in the Poznań region of Poland. Andrzej Paluch, born in 1712, was a prominent landowner and served as a magistrate in the town of Środa Wielkopolska.

In the 19th century, the Paluch name spread across Europe as family members emigrated to other countries. Józef Paluch, born in 1825, was a Polish writer and journalist who settled in Paris, France, and became a vocal advocate for Polish independence.

Another notable figure was Franciszek Paluch, a Polish-American artist born in 1884. He emigrated to the United States in the early 20th century and gained recognition for his landscape paintings depicting scenes from his native Poland.

As the Paluch family continued to disperse across the globe, the name appeared in various historical records and documents. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Paluchs were recorded in census data and parish registers throughout Poland, as well as in countries like Germany, Austria, and the United States.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Paluch

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

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

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