Explore the Family Name Kruszynski

The meaning of Kruszynski

Polish (Kruszyński): habitational name for someone from any of various places called Kruszyn, Kruszyna, or Kruszyny. These placenames are probably from Polish dialect krusza ‘pear tree’ or from a derivative of kruszyć ‘to crumble, fragment’, or from a derivative of kruch ‘block, lump’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Kruszynski has seen a slight decline in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 50,572nd in popularity and dropped by approximately 10.22 percent to 55,741st in 2010. The number of people with this surname also saw a minor dip from 388 in 2000 to 368 in 2010, a decrease of around 5.15 percent. This means that for every 100,000 people, there were 0.14 individuals named Kruszynski in 2000, which decreased to 0.12 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,572	#55,741	-10.22%
Count	388	368	-5.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.12	-14.29%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kruszynski

Looking at the ethnicity data collected by the Decennial U.S. Census, it appears that the majority of individuals bearing the surname Kruszynski identify as White. In both 2000 and 2010, over 98 percent of those with the Kruszynski surname identified as White, though there was a slight decrease in this percentage from 98.71 to 98.10. There is no reported change in other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native between these years, either due to lack of representation or because the data was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.71%	98.1%	-0.62%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%