Explore the Family Name Ondrus

The meaning of Ondrus

Slovak and Czech (Ondruš): from a variant of the personal name Slovak Ondrej, Czech Ondřej (see Andreas). Some characteristic forenames: Slovak and Czech Frantisek, Milan.

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

The data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the popularity of the surname Ondrus has seen a notable increase over a period of 10 years. In 2000, Ondrus was ranked 82,019th in terms of popularity and had a count of 214. By 2010, the rank improved to 74,608, indicating an upward change by 9.04%. Additionally, the count of individuals bearing the surname increased to 259, marking a substantial growth by 21.03%. The proportion of people with the Ondrus surname per 100,000 also rose by 12.5%, moving up from 0.08 in 2000 to 0.09 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#82,019	#74,608	9.04%
Count	214	259	21.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.09	12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ondrus

When it comes to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the majority of individuals with the surname Ondrus identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. In 2000, around 98.6% of people with this surname identified as White. This percentage slightly decreased to 95.37% by 2010, showing a minor reduction of 3.28%. While there were no recorded individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native, there was a small emergence of Hispanic identification within the Ondrus surname population in 2010, accounting for 2.7% of the total. No individuals reported having two or more races during either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.6%	95.37%	-3.28%
Hispanic	0%	2.7%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%