Explore the Family Name Lasota

The meaning of Lasota

Polish: from the medieval personal name Lasota (from Polish las ‘wood, forest’), adopted as an equivalent of the Latin personal name Sylvester (which is from Latin silva ‘wood, forest’). Some characteristic forenames: Polish Irena, Ewa, Feliks, Henryk, Jacek, Janina, Janusz, Jerzy, Jolanta, Wieslaw, Zbigniew.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lasota held a popularity rank of 24,224 in 2000 and slipped to 25,152 in 2010, marking a decrease of 3.83%. In terms of frequency, the count of individuals carrying the Lasota name modestly increased from 970 in 2000 to 986 in 2010, showing an uptick of 1.65%. However, when considering the proportion per 100k people, the surname's prevalence experienced a slight decline of 8.33%, moving from 0.36 in 2000 to 0.33 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,224	#25,152	-3.83%
Count	970	986	1.65%
Proportion per 100k	0.36	0.33	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lasota

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Lasota also saw some shifts over the decade as detailed in the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 97.53% of those bearing the Lasota surname identified as White, a figure that fell by 1.31% to 96.25% in 2010. The Hispanic portion of the Lasota population grew by 43.36% over the same period, albeit starting from a smaller base of 1.13% in 2000 to reach 1.62% in 2010. There was also a small emergence of those identifying as two or more races and American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010, while the numbers for Asian/Pacific Islander and Black remained at zero for both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.53%	96.25%	-1.31%
Hispanic	1.13%	1.62%	43.36%
Two or More Races	0%	1.12%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.61%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%