Explore the Family Name Pytel

The meaning of Pytel

Polish: metonymic occupational name for a flour bolter, from pytel ‘bolting cloth, sieve’. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Kazimierz, Casimir, Alojzy, Andrzej, Danuta, Genowefa, Grazyna, Leszek, Lucyna, Wladyslaw, Wlodzimierz, Zbigniew.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Pytel experienced a drop in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 29,261st in terms of commonality among U.S. surnames, and by 2010 had slipped to 33,695th—a decrease of approximately 15%. The total count of individuals bearing this surname also fell from 762 in 2000 to 676 in 2010, a drop of around 11%. This led to a decline in the proportion of people with the Pytel surname per 100,000 individuals, which decreased from 0.28 in 2000 to 0.23 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,261	#33,695	-15.15%
Count	762	676	-11.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.23	-17.86%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pytel

As for the ethnic identity associated with the surname Pytel, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some shifts between 2000 and 2010. Notably, the percentage of those identifying as White increased slightly from 92.39% to 93.05%. Meanwhile, the number of people who identified as Hispanic dropped by about 12%, from 5.38% to 4.73%. There were also minor changes in the Asian/Pacific Islander category, which saw an increase to 1.04% in 2010 from zero in 2000, while those claiming two or more races dropped to zero. No Pytel respondents identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.39%	93.05%	0.71%
Hispanic	5.38%	4.73%	-12.08%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.04%	0%
Two or More Races	1.31%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%