Explore the Family Name Tomkiewicz

The meaning of Tomkiewicz

1. Polish: patronymic from Tomek, a pet form of thepersonal name Tomasz (see Thomas). 2. Jewish (fromPoland): metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Tomke, a petform of Tomer. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Katarzyna, Maciej, Zygmunt. German Alphons.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Tomkiewicz experienced a slight dip in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname dropped from 48,776 to 51,941, a decrease of 6.49%. Despite this change, the number of people bearing this surname remained relatively steady, with a count of 406 in 2000 and 400 in 2010, indicating a marginal decline of 1.48%. The proportion of individuals with the surname Tomkiewicz per 100k also decreased by 6.67%, going from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.14 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,776	#51,941	-6.49%
Count	406	400	-1.48%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tomkiewicz

The ethnic identity linked with the surname Tomkiewicz showed minimal changes between 2000 and 2010, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. A significant majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, though there was a slight decrease from 98.28% in 2000 to 97.25% in 2010. There were no recorded individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or two or more races in either year. However, there was a minor emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010, accounting for 1.75% of people with the surname Tomkiewicz.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.28%	97.25%	-1.05%
Hispanic	0%	1.75%	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%