Explore the Family Name Lacki

The meaning of Lacki

Polish: 1. (Łącki): habitational name for someone from Łącko in Lesser Poland, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, and Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Łąck in Masovian Voivodeship. 2. habitational name for someone from Lack in Lublin Voivodeship, or perhaps a nickname or ethnic name from lacki ‘Polish’ (from Lach ‘Pole’). The surname Lacki is rare in Poland.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Lacki experienced a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Lacki was ranked 65,862nd in terms of popularity and this rank slipped to 70,833rd by 2010, marking a change of -7.55. The count of individuals with the Lacki surname also decreased from 281 in 2000, to 276 in 2010, indicating a -1.78 change. Additionally, the proportion per 100,000 people of the surname Lacki fell by 10% over the decade, going from 0.1 to 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#65,862	#70,833	-7.55%
Count	281	276	-1.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.09	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lacki

Moving onto ethnicity distribution during the same period, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were no Lackis who identified their ethnic identity as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010. However, those who identified as White increased from 94.66% in 2000 to 96.74% in 2010, seeing a 2.20% rise. Notably, the percentage of individuals with the Lacki surname identifying with two or more races went from 3.56% in 2000 to none reported (data suppressed for privacy) in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.66%	96.74%	2.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	3.56%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%