Explore the Family Name Stefanowicz

The meaning of Stefanowicz

Polish: patronymic from the personal name Stefan. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Bogdan, Bronislaw, Iwona, Jozef, Krzystof, Tadeusz, Zdzislaw.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Stefanowicz has seen a slight shift in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Stefanowicz was ranked as the 38,320th most common surname in the United States; by 2010, it had slipped slightly to become the 39,352nd most common, marking a decrease of 2.69 percent. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Stefanowicz surname rose from 543 in 2000 to 559 in 2010, indicating an increase of 2.95 percent. However, the proportion of Stefanowiczs per 100,000 people in the U.S. dropped by 5 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,320	#39,352	-2.69%
Count	543	559	2.95%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.19	-5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stefanowicz

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Stefanowicz also underwent some changes during this period, as shown by the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, nearly all (98.16 percent) identified as White, but by 2010 this proportion declined slightly to 97.14 percent. The census from 2010 also showed that 1.43 percent of individuals with the last name Stefanowicz identified with two or more races, a category that did not appear in the 2000 data. All other ethnicities listed, including Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian/Alaskan Native, reported no individuals with the Stefanowicz surname in both 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.16%	97.14%	-1.04%
Two or More Races	0%	1.43%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%