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

Semenchuk, 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 Semenchuk surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Semenchuk in America

Semenchuk is the 96368th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Semenchuk surname appeared 189 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 Semenchuk.

We can also compare 2010 data for Semenchuk 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 Semenchuk

The surname Semenchuk has its origins in Eastern Europe, specifically in the region of modern-day Ukraine. It first emerged in the 16th century and is derived from the Slavic root words "semya," meaning "family," and "chuk," a common Ukrainian surname suffix.

One of the earliest known records of the Semenchuk name can be found in the Metryka Koronna, a collection of administrative documents from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, dating back to the late 16th century. These records mention individuals with variations of the surname, such as Semenczuk and Semenchuk.

The name Semenchuk is believed to have originated as a patronymic, a type of surname derived from the given name of a father or an ancestor. It suggests that the initial bearer of the name was the son or descendant of someone named Semen, a common Slavic given name derived from the Hebrew name Simeon.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Semenchuk surname appeared in various historical documents from the regions of Galicia and Volhynia, which were then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. These areas are now located in modern-day western Ukraine and eastern Poland.

One notable individual with the Semenchuk surname was Mykhailo Semenchuk (1836-1904), a Ukrainian writer, poet, and teacher who played a significant role in the cultural revival of the Ukrainian language and literature in the 19th century.

Another prominent figure was Pavlo Semenchuk (1892-1937), a Ukrainian politician and statesman who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918-1919.

In the 20th century, Vasyl Semenchuk (1900-1992) was a renowned Ukrainian painter and art educator who played a crucial role in the development of modern Ukrainian art.

Yuriy Semenchuk (1933-2008) was a Ukrainian linguist and professor at Lviv National University, known for his contributions to the study of Ukrainian dialects and language history.

More recently, Oleksandr Semenchuk (born 1967) is a Ukrainian politician and businessman who served as a member of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, from 2012 to 2014.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Semenchuk

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

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

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