Explore the Family Name Jackowski

The meaning of Jackowski

Polish: habitational name for someone from Jacków, Jackowice, or Jackowo, places called with the personal name Jacek. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Jerzy, Dariusz, Iwona, Janina, Kazimierz, Leszek, Piotr, Stanislaw, Zdzislaw, Zygmunt.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Jackowski experienced a slight dip between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 18,526 with a count of 1,374, while in 2010 it fell to rank 19,123 with a count of 1,422. This represents a popularity decrease of 3.22%, even though the actual number of people with this surname increased by 3.49%. The proportion of individuals with the surname Jackowski per 100k also decreased by 5.88% during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#18,526	#19,123	-3.22%
Count	1,374	1,422	3.49%
Proportion per 100k	0.51	0.48	-5.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jackowski

As for the ethnic identity distribution of individuals bearing the surname Jackowski, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some shifts between 2000 and 2010. The largest percentage by far identified as White, although this proportion decreased from 97.6% to 95.08%. There were notable increases in people identifying as Hispanic, which saw a rise from 0.80% to 2.95%. Additionally, the percentage of people with this surname identifying as Two or more races grew from 0.66% to 0.98%. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander was reported in 2010 for the first time at 0.49%. The categories of Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native had no significant records in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.6%	95.08%	-2.58%
Hispanic	0.8%	2.95%	268.75%
Two or More Races	0.66%	0.98%	48.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.49%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.44%	0%	0%