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

Slebodnik, 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 Slebodnik surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Slebodnik in America

Slebodnik is the 98099th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Slebodnik surname appeared 185 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 Slebodnik.

We can also compare 2010 data for Slebodnik 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 Slebodnik

The surname SLEBODNIK is of Slovenian origin, originating in the 16th century. It is derived from the Slovenian word "slobodnik," meaning "a free person" or "a freeman." The name likely referred to individuals who were not bound by serfdom or other forms of servitude.

The earliest recorded instances of the SLEBODNIK surname can be found in the archives of the Duchy of Carniola, a historical region that encompassed parts of modern-day Slovenia and neighboring areas. One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Jurij SLEBODNIK, a landowner from the village of Ribnica, whose name appears in documents dating back to 1562.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the SLEBODNIK name spread throughout the Slovenian lands, appearing in various forms such as SLOBODNIK, SLOBEDNIK, and SLOOBODNIK. Notable individuals from this period include Matija SLEBODNIK (1679-1745), a renowned clockmaker and craftsman from Ljubljana, and Janez SLEBODNIK (1715-1782), a scholar and teacher who authored several works on Slovenian grammar and linguistics.

As the Slovenian territories were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 19th century, the SLEBODNIK surname can also be found in historical records from other regions of the empire. For instance, Andrej SLEBODNIK (1832-1901), a notable lawyer and political activist, was born in the city of Trieste, which was then part of the Austrian Littoral.

Towards the end of the 19th century and into the early 20th century, some members of the SLEBODNIK family emigrated to other parts of the world, contributing to the spread of the name. One such individual was Marko SLEBODNIK (1875-1947), who left Slovenia and settled in the United States, where he worked as a coal miner in Pennsylvania.

Other notable individuals with the SLEBODNIK surname include Mihael SLEBODNIK (1853-1923), a Slovenian painter and art teacher, and Alojz SLEBODNIK (1890-1962), a renowned linguist and scholar who made significant contributions to the study of Slovenian and Serbo-Croatian languages.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Slebodnik

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

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

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