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

Poplaski, 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 Poplaski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Poplaski in America

Poplaski is the 49723rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Poplaski surname appeared 422 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 Poplaski.

We can also compare 2010 data for Poplaski 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 Poplaski

The surname POPLASKI is of Polish origin, deriving from the medieval personal name Popiel, which itself comes from the Old Polish word "popola" meaning "ash" or "ashes." The name likely originated in the 13th or 14th century, when hereditary surnames began to be adopted in Poland.

Early records show various spellings of the name, such as Popielski, Popielczyk, and Popławski, indicating that it may have originated from different regions within Poland. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name is in the Tczew Book of Land Records from 1428, which mentions a person named Jan Popielski.

In the 16th century, the POPLASKI surname appeared in the Lublin Voivodeship, a historical region in eastern Poland. A notable bearer of the name from this time was Andrzej Poplaski (c. 1520-1580), a Polish nobleman and landowner who served as a court official under King Sigismund II Augustus.

The POPLASKI name also surfaced in the Prussian region of Poland in the 18th century. One example is Józef Poplaski (1739-1801), a Polish-Lithuanian military officer who fought in the Kościuszko Uprising against the Russian Empire.

In the 19th century, the name was found in various regions of Poland, including the Poznań region in western Poland. One famous bearer was Władysław Poplaski (1850-1912), a Polish painter and art professor who taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

Another notable figure was Ignacy Poplaski (1867-1936), a Polish lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Sejm (parliament) in the early 20th century.

While the POPLASKI surname has its roots in Poland, it has also been carried by individuals of Polish descent in other parts of the world, particularly in areas with large Polish immigrant communities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Poplaski

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

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

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