Explore the Family Name Trzaska

The meaning of Trzaska

Polish: nickname for a thin person, from Polish trzaska‘lath, chip (or splinter) of wood’; compare the idiom chudy jaktrzaska ‘as thin as a lath’. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Witold, Irena, Krzysztof, Wieslaw, Zdzislaw.

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

The surname Trzaska, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, showed a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 40,552 in terms of prevalence among all surnames, but fell to 43,811 in 2010, representing an 8.04% drop. The count of people with this surname also declined marginally from 508 to 492 during this period, marking a 3.15% diminution. Consequently, the proportion of individuals with the Trzaska surname per 100,000 people saw a 10.53% reduction from 0.19 to 0.17.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#40,552	#43,811	-8.04%
Count	508	492	-3.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.17	-10.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Trzaska

As for the ethnicity distribution of individuals with the Trzaska last name, it remained predominantly white based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 97.24% identified as white, which slightly decreased to 96.75% in 2010. Notably, the data shows growth in those identifying as Hispanic, rising from 0.98% in 2000 to 1.63% in 2010 – a considerable 66.33% increase. Interestingly, the percentage of individuals identifying with two or more races dropped from 0.98% in 2000 to zero in 2010. For the categories of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, the numbers remained negligible or were suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.24%	96.75%	-0.5%
Hispanic	0.98%	1.63%	66.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.98%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%