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

Polonia, 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 Polonia surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Polonia in America

Polonia is the 48160th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Polonia surname appeared 439 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 Polonia.

We can also compare 2010 data for Polonia 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 Polonia

The surname Polonia is derived from the Latin name for the country of Poland, which was known as Polonia in ancient times. It likely originated as a locational surname, referring to someone who hailed from the region of Poland or had ties to that area.

The name Polonia can be traced back to the medieval era when it was used to identify individuals who were from or had connections to the Polish lands. Historical records from the 13th and 14th centuries contain references to individuals bearing this surname, indicating its widespread use during that period.

One of the earliest known instances of the Polonia surname can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Poloniae, a collection of medieval Polish diplomatic documents from the 12th to the 15th centuries. This compilation includes mentions of individuals with the surname Polonia, suggesting its significance in the region.

In the 15th century, a notable figure named Jan Polonia (c. 1420-1495) was a Polish scholar and philosopher who taught at the University of Krakow. His works on logic and metaphysics were widely influential during the Renaissance period.

Another prominent individual with the Polonia surname was Mikołaj Polonia (1493-1567), a Polish diplomat and nobleman who served as a ambassador to several European courts, including those of the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

During the 16th century, the Polonia surname was also found in the records of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, indicating its continued prevalence among academic and scholarly circles in Poland.

In the 17th century, a Polish noble family known as the Polonia-Kozłowscy held significant land holdings and influence in the region of Mazovia. Individuals from this family, such as Stanisław Polonia-Kozłowski (1608-1678), played important roles in the political and military affairs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Throughout its history, the surname Polonia has been associated with various spellings and variations, including Poloni, Polonius, and Polonsky, reflecting the linguistic and cultural diversity of the regions where it was used.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Polonia

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

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

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