Explore the Family Name Jeska

The meaning of Jeska

Polish (Jeśka): from a pet form of the personal name Jan ‘John’. In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the more common variant Jeszka.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Jeska saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010, moving from a rank of 58,999 to 60,790, a change of -3.04%. Despite the drop in ranking, the actual count of individuals with the Jeska surname increased by 3.12%, from 321 to 331 during the same period. This suggests that while it may be less common relative to other surnames, the number of people bearing the Jeska name is growing.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#58,999	#60,790	-3.04%
Count	321	331	3.12%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jeska

According to the ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, individuals with the Jeska surname were primarily of White ethnic identification, accounting for 95.33% in 2000 and 94.26% in 2010. The proportion of those identifying as Hispanic dropped dramatically from 2.18% in 2000 to 0% in 2010. Meanwhile, the American Indian and Alaskan Native category saw a decrease of 19.25%, reducing its share from 1.87% to 1.51%. Over the decade, there appeared to be a slight increase in diversity within the Jeska surname bearers, as indicated by the emergence of a small percentage (2.72%) identifying with two or more races in 2010; this category was not represented in 2000. There was no change in the Asian/Pacific Islander and Black categories over the ten years, maintaining a consistent presence of zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.33%	94.26%	-1.12%
Two or More Races	0%	2.72%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.87%	1.51%	-19.25%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	2.18%	0%	-100%
Black	0%	0%	0%