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

Yentsch, 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 Yentsch surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Yentsch in America

Yentsch is the 123796th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Yentsch surname appeared 139 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 Yentsch.

We can also compare 2010 data for Yentsch 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 Yentsch

The surname YENTSCH is of German origin, and it is likely to have emerged in the regions where Germanic languages were spoken during the medieval period. The surname itself is believed to be a variant of the name Jentzsch, a surname that is particularly common in eastern Germany. The name Jentzsch is derived from the given name Jens, which is a diminutive form of Johannes, meaning "God is gracious" in Hebrew.

In old Germanic dialects, surnames were often formed by adding suffixes to given names or by altering elements of the original names. The name YENTSCH could have evolved from a series of phonetic changes and regional dialectical influences over the centuries. One of the earliest references to the variant name Jentzsch can be found in historical records from the 15th century, where it appears in various legal and land documents in Saxony and Silesia.

One of the earliest recording examples of the name is found in a 1480 document in Saxony where a Dietrich Jentzsch is mentioned as a landowner. The variation YENTSCH appears less frequently in historical documents but can still be traced back to similar regions. Over time, the family carrying the YENTSCH name may have migrated across German-speaking regions and eventually into other parts of Europe.

Among the notable individuals with the surname YENTSCH is former chemist and oceanographer Clarice Yentsch, born in 1934, who made significant contributions to marine science and plankton research. Another notable person is Emil Yentsch, a 19th-century composer who contributed to German folk music in the late 1800s.

In academia, the name appears with Wilhelm Yentsch, a philosopher born in 1862, who wrote extensively on existential topics in Germany. Moving into the arts, Friedrich Yentsch, a painter from the early 1900s, gained some recognition in the European art scene for his landscape paintings.

The surname also appears in records from the 19th-century United States, where individuals with the last name YENTSCH arrived during waves of German immigration. Mathias Yentsch, born in 1820, emigrated to America in the mid-1800s and settled in Pennsylvania, becoming a notable figure in his community.

The name YENTSCH, although not exceedingly common, has a rich history deeply rooted in the Germanic linguistic and cultural traditions, reflecting the migration and settlement patterns of people throughout Europe over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Yentsch

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

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

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