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

Tyk, 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 Tyk surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tyk in America

Tyk is the 131379th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tyk surname appeared 129 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 Tyk.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tyk 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 Tyk

The surname TYK is believed to have originated in Poland in the 16th century. It is likely derived from the Polish word "tyk," which means "ticking" or "beating," referring to the sound of a clock or a heartbeat. The name may have been given to someone who worked as a clockmaker or someone with a distinctive heartbeat.

The earliest known record of the name TYK dates back to 1576, when a man named Jan TYK was mentioned in a parish register in the town of Krakow. Another early record comes from the village of Wawolnica, where a family with the surname TYK lived in the late 1600s.

In the 18th century, the TYK surname appeared in several historical documents from the Galicia region, which was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the time. One notable figure was Wojciech TYK (1732-1804), a prominent landowner and politician who served in the Sejm, the Polish parliament.

During the 19th century, the TYK surname spread across various parts of Poland, with several families settling in the cities of Warsaw and Lodz. One of the most famous bearers of this name was Ignacy TYK (1834-1901), a renowned painter and art professor who studied and taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

Another notable individual was Józef TYK (1865-1932), a Polish engineer and inventor who designed and built several bridges and railway structures in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His most famous work was the Poniatowski Bridge in Warsaw, completed in 1914.

In the early 20th century, the TYK surname also appeared in a few historical records from the Russian Empire, particularly in the regions of Ukraine and Belarus. One example is Stanisław TYK (1887-1945), a Polish-born architect who designed several buildings in Minsk and other cities in modern-day Belarus.

While the TYK surname is most commonly associated with Poland, it has also been found in other Central and Eastern European countries, likely due to migration and intermarriage over the centuries. Some examples include Czech writer and translator Jakub TYK (1923-2011) and Ukrainian physicist Oleksiy TYK (born 1972).

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tyk

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

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

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