Explore the Family Name Cichocki

The meaning of Cichocki

Polish: habitational name for someone from any of the places in Lesser Poland or Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeships called Ciche, from cichy ‘quiet, calm’. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Zbigniew, Mieczyslaw, Stanislaw, Tadeusz, Andrzej, Ewa, Kazimierz, Krzystof, Leszek, Piotr, Slawomir.

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How common is the last name Cichocki in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Cichocki ranked 22,521 in popularity in 2000 and slightly dropped to 23,205 in 2010, indicating a decrease of 3.04%. Despite this, the count of individuals with the Cichocki surname increased from 1,066 to 1,099 within the same period, an increase of 3.1%. However, the proportion per 100,000 people exhibited a decrease of 7.5%, from 0.4 to 0.37.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,521	#23,205	-3.04%
Count	1,066	1,099	3.1%
Proportion per 100k	0.4	0.37	-7.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cichocki

In terms of ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals bearing the Cichocki surname identified as White, accounting for 96.34% in 2000 and a slightly decreased percentage of 94.09% in 2010. A significant increase was observed in the Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic communities, where the percentages rose by 95.24% and 94.26% respectively over the decade. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races also saw a moderate increase of 25.53%. However, there were no recorded changes in the Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories for the Cichocki surname during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.34%	94.09%	-2.34%
Hispanic	1.22%	2.37%	94.26%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.84%	1.64%	95.24%
Two or More Races	0.94%	1.18%	25.53%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%