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

Pataska, 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 Pataska surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pataska in America

Pataska is the 148347th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pataska surname appeared 111 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 Pataska.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pataska 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 Pataska

The surname Pataska is believed to have originated in Poland, likely around the 16th or 17th century. It is thought to be derived from the Polish word "pataska," which referred to a type of small boat or vessel used for transportation on rivers and lakes. This suggests that the name may have initially been an occupational surname, given to those who worked on or operated these boats.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the baptismal records of the village of Wola, near Warsaw, where a certain Jan Pataska was mentioned in the year 1612. Another early reference comes from the town of Bydgoszcz, where a merchant named Tomasz Pataska was documented in a trade registry in 1639.

In the 18th century, the name appears to have spread to other regions of Poland, as well as parts of what is now Ukraine and Belarus. For instance, a Michał Pataska was recorded as a landowner in the Volhynian region of Ukraine in the 1720s, while a Karolina Pataska was noted as a resident of the town of Pinsk (now in Belarus) in the 1780s.

One notable bearer of the surname was Kazimierz Pataska, a Polish military officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars and was awarded the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military decoration, for his bravery in the Battle of Radzyn in 1809. Another was Józef Pataska (1797-1873), a Polish painter and art teacher who was known for his landscapes and portraits.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the name began to appear in various immigrant communities across Europe and the Americas, as those with the surname Pataska sought new opportunities abroad. For example, a Franciszek Pataska was listed as a resident of the Polish community in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1890s, while a Stanisław Pataska was recorded as having immigrated to Chicago, United States, in the early 1900s.

Other notable individuals with the surname Pataska include Weronika Pataska (1882-1957), a Polish educator and women's rights activist, and Marek Pataska (born 1956), a contemporary Polish author and journalist.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pataska

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

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

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