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

Yurish, 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 Yurish surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Yurish in America

Yurish is the 151532nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Yurish surname appeared 108 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 Yurish.

We can also compare 2010 data for Yurish 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 Yurish

The surname Yurish has intriguing roots that trace back to Eastern Europe. It is believed to have originated in the regions that are now modern-day Ukraine and Poland. The name likely emerged during the Middle Ages, a time when surnames were becoming more standardized and essential for administrative and legal purposes. Yurish is thought to derive from the first names Yuri, a common Slavic personal name, and the suffix -ish, which was used to form diminutive or descriptive versions of names.

The name appears in historical records as early as the 14th century, particularly in tax rolls and census documents of the time. One of the oldest references to Yurish can be found in a feudal record dated 1372 in what is today Western Ukraine. This record mentions a landowner named Lutold Yurish, indicating that the name was associated with a certain degree of social standing and landownership.

Throughout the centuries, variations of the spelling have been recorded, including Yurisch, Jurisch, and Yurishe. These variations were often dependent on regional dialects and the scribes documenting them. In a 15th-century Polish manuscript, the name appears as Jurisch, indicating its wider spread across the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during that period.

One notable individual bearing the name Yurish was Ivan Yurish, born in 1593 in the region now known as Lviv, Ukraine. He was a prominent merchant and is documented in trade records of the time, dealing extensively in textiles and spices. Another significant figure was Petro Yurish, a military leader born in 1625, who defended the boundaries of Ukraine during the numerous invasions in the mid-17th century.

The surname also can be traced through notable religious figures. Szymon Yurish, born in 1701, was a well-known cleric in Poland. His writings on church reforms are still referenced by scholars studying the clerical history of Eastern Europe.

The name Yurish made its way to America with the wave of immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One emigrant, Andrei Yurish, born in 1876, arrived in New York in 1902 and became a renowned community leader in the Ukrainian immigrant community, contributing significantly to the establishment of cultural organizations.

In literature, the name appears in several Eastern European folk tales, often romanticized, showing the deep cultural roots the name has maintained over the centuries. Its lasting presence in historical and cultural records makes Yurish a surname with a rich and varied legacy that continues to be discovered and appreciated by genealogists and historians alike.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Yurish

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

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

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