Explore the Family Name Radvansky

The meaning of Radvansky

Czech and Slovak (Radvanský); Ukrainian: habitational name for someone from any of several villages named with the Slavic personal name Radvan, based on Old Slavic radъ ‘merry, glad’, e.g. Radvanov and Radvanice in Bohemia, Radvantsi in western Ukraine.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Radvansky saw a slight decrease, dropping by 2.77 ranks from 75,695 in 2000 to 77,788 in 2010. Despite this fall in ranking, the number of people bearing the name actually increased by 3.8%, growing from 237 to 246 over the same ten-year period. However, when considering the population as a whole, the proportion of individuals with the Radvansky surname per 100,000 people declined by 11.11% from 0.09 to 0.08.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#75,695	#77,788	-2.77%
Count	237	246	3.8%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Radvansky

When looking at ethnicity data gathered from the Decennial U.S. Census for those bearing the Radvansky surname, it's clear that the majority identify as White. In 2000, this group made up 98.31% of all Radvanskys, though by 2010, this figure had slightly decreased to 97.15%. There were no reported individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native under this surname in either census year. The 2010 data also shows a negligible percentage of Black individuals with the Radvansky surname, where there was none recorded in 2000. No Radvanskys identified as being of two or more races in either census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.31%	97.15%	-1.18%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%