Explore the Family Name Traczyk

The meaning of Traczyk

Polish: occupational name or patronymic from a diminutive of Tracz ‘sawyer’. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Czeslaw, Jadwiga, Janusz.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Traczyk has seen a decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 46,331st in terms of popularity with a count of 433 individuals. By 2010, its rank had slipped to 52,037 and the number of individuals with this surname had dropped to 399. This represents a change of -12.32% in ranking and a decline of -7.85% in the number of people with this surname. The proportion of individuals with the Traczyk surname per 100k population also decreased by 12.5%, from 0.16 in 2000 to 0.14 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#46,331	#52,037	-12.32%
Count	433	399	-7.85%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.14	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Traczyk

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Traczyk also shifted over the same period according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 95.61% of individuals with the surname identified as White, decreasing to 93.73% in 2010. A small percentage identified as Hispanic (1.85% in 2000, declining to 1.5% in 2010) while a growing percentage identified with two or more races (increasing from 1.15% in 2000 to 2.01% in 2010). Interestingly, there was a new appearance of individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010 at 1.75%, which was not present in 2000. There were no reported individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.61%	93.73%	-1.97%
Two or More Races	1.15%	2.01%	74.78%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.75%	0%
Hispanic	1.85%	1.5%	-18.92%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%