Explore the Family Name Majeski

The meaning of Majeski

Americanized form of Polish Majewski, and a very rare Polish variant of this surname.

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

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Majeski saw a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Majeski ranked as the 16,925th most popular surname in the United States, but it dropped to the 18,007th position by 2010, marking a decrease in rank by 6.39 percent. Interestingly, the actual count of individuals with this last name remained relatively consistent during this time frame, only decreasing by 0.06 percent from 1,551 in 2000 to 1,550 in 2010. The proportion of Majeskis per 100,000 people also decreased by 7.02 percent over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,925	#18,007	-6.39%
Count	1,551	1,550	-0.06%
Proportion per 100k	0.57	0.53	-7.02%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Majeski

In terms of ethnicity, the census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Majeski surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, though there was a minor decrease of 1.45 percent in this group over the ten-year period. However, the percentage of Majeskis identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase of 41.46 percent from 2000 to 2010, albeit still representing a small fraction of the total. There was also a noteworthy increase in those identifying with two or more ethnicities, which went up by 51.56 percent. Lastly, the 2010 data shows a small percentage (0.39) of Majeskis identifying as Black, a category absent in the 2000 statistics. No Majeskis identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.74%	96.32%	-1.45%
Hispanic	1.23%	1.74%	41.46%
Two or More Races	0.64%	0.97%	51.56%
Black	0%	0.39%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%