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

Szymoniak, 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 Szymoniak surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Szymoniak in America

Szymoniak is the 75317th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Szymoniak surname appeared 256 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 Szymoniak.

We can also compare 2010 data for Szymoniak 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 Szymoniak

The surname Szymoniak has its origins in Poland, likely emerging in the 16th or 17th century. It is a patronymic name, derived from the Polish given name Szymon, which is a variant of the biblical name Simon. The suffix "-ak" indicates a diminutive form, suggesting it may have initially referred to a son or descendant of someone named Szymon.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Szymoniak surname can be found in the 1564 parish records of the village of Kościelec, located in the Mazovian region of central Poland. The entry mentions a certain Jan Szymoniak, possibly a landowner or resident of the area.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Szymoniak name appears in various historical documents and records across different regions of Poland. Notable examples include Maciej Szymoniak, a merchant from the city of Poznań mentioned in trade records from the early 1600s, and Tomasz Szymoniak, a landowner in the village of Bolesławiec, whose name is recorded in a 1712 land registry.

The Szymoniak surname has also been associated with several notable individuals throughout history. One such figure is Józef Szymoniak (1838-1912), a Polish painter and artist known for his landscapes and portraits of rural life. Another is Stanisław Szymoniak (1892-1950), a Polish military officer who fought in both World Wars and was awarded the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military decoration.

Other historical figures bearing the Szymoniak surname include Ewa Szymoniak (1875-1939), a Polish educator and women's rights activist who founded several schools in the city of Kraków, and Jan Szymoniak (1901-1982), a prominent Polish architect responsible for designing numerous public buildings and residential complexes in Warsaw during the post-World War II reconstruction period.

While the Szymoniak surname is most commonly associated with Poland, it has also been found in other countries with Polish communities, such as the United States, Canada, and Australia, likely due to immigration patterns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Szymoniak

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

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

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