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

Uliasz, 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 Uliasz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Uliasz in America

Uliasz is the 111988th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Uliasz surname appeared 157 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 Uliasz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Uliasz 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 Uliasz

The surname Uliasz originated in Poland. It is derived from the Polish given name Uljan, which is a Slavic form of the Latin name Julianus. The earliest known record of this surname dates back to the late 15th century in the region of Lesser Poland.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Uliasz surname can be found in the Akta Grodzkie, a collection of court records from the Nowy Sącz region, dating back to the 16th century. The name is mentioned in an entry from 1567, referring to a certain Jan Uliasz.

The Uliasz surname is believed to have originated in the village of Uliasz, located in the modern-day Lesser Poland Voivodeship. This village name is likely derived from the personal name Uljan, indicating that the surname may have originally referred to someone from or associated with this particular village.

In the 17th century, the Uliasz surname appeared in various historical records across different regions of Poland. For instance, in 1623, a nobleman named Stanisław Uliasz was mentioned in the records of the Lublin Voivodeship. Another notable individual with this surname was Marcin Uliasz, a merchant from Kraków, who was recorded in the city's trade registers in the late 1600s.

During the 18th century, the Uliasz surname gained prominence in the Galicia region, which was then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. One notable figure from this period was Jan Uliasz, a landowner and local official who lived in the village of Brzesko in the late 1700s.

In the 19th century, the Uliasz surname spread to other parts of Europe as a result of migration and population movements. For example, there are historical records of individuals with this surname living in the Hungarian town of Eger in the 1820s.

Another noteworthy individual bearing the Uliasz surname was Józef Uliasz, a Polish painter and art teacher who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in 1875 in the town of Tarnów and is known for his landscapes and portraits depicting rural life in Galicia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Uliasz

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

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

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