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

Poremski, 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 Poremski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Poremski in America

Poremski is the 88336th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Poremski surname appeared 210 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 Poremski.

We can also compare 2010 data for Poremski 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 Poremski

The surname POREMSKI is of Polish origin, with roots dating back to the 11th century in the regions of Pomerania and Kashubia, located along the Baltic Sea coast. It is derived from the old Polish word "poremny," meaning "felling trees" or "clearing land," suggesting that the name's earliest bearers were involved in forestry or land cultivation.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name POREMSKI can be found in the Liber Beneficiorum, a 14th-century register of ecclesiastical benefices in the Archdiocese of Gniezno. The document mentions a certain Jacobus Poremski, who held a canon position in the church around 1370.

In the 16th century, a notable figure bearing the name was Jan Poremski, a Polish nobleman and military commander who fought in the Livonian War against Russia. He was born in 1525 and died in 1591, and his exploits were documented in contemporary chronicles.

Another prominent individual with this surname was Franciszek Poremski, a 17th-century Polish painter known for his religious works and frescoes adorning numerous churches in the region of Greater Poland. He was active from around 1650 to 1690.

During the 18th century, the name POREMSKI appeared in various historical records, including land ownership documents and municipal registers in towns such as Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz, and Toruń, indicating the surname's presence in urban centers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

In the 19th century, Józef Poremski, born in 1818 and died in 1892, was a renowned Polish botanist and naturalist. He made significant contributions to the study of flora in the region and published several works on the subject.

Another notable bearer of the POREMSKI surname was Maria Poremska, a Polish educator and women's rights activist who lived from 1847 to 1925. She founded several schools for girls and was instrumental in promoting education for women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Poremski

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

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

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