Explore the Family Name Yarosh

The meaning of Yarosh

1. Ukrainian and Belorussian: from a short form of a personal name, formed with the Slavic element jar/yar ‘lush, rank’, also ‘strong’, for example Yaroslav. 2. Americanized form of Polish Jarosz, Czech and Slovak Jaroš or Hungarian Jaros. Some characteristic forenames: Russian Vladimir, Kseniya, Raisa, Yevgeniy.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Yarosh saw a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 45,403 and by 2010, it had slipped to 47,186, a drop of 3.93%. However, the number of individuals bearing this surname increased marginally during these ten years. There were 444 people with this name in 2000 and this number rose to 450 in 2010, marking a growth rate of 1.35%. The proportion per 100k of the population also diminished slightly by 6.25%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,403	#47,186	-3.93%
Count	444	450	1.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.15	-6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Yarosh

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that those with the Yarosh surname primarily identify as White, accounting for 95.95% in 2000 and growing to 96.67% in 2010. There is also a noteworthy increase in the Hispanic group with this surname, climbing from 1.35% to 2.44% over the decade, a jump of 80.74%. However, the number of people identifying as 'two or more races' dropped to zero in 2010. There were no records of this surname within the Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.95%	96.67%	0.75%
Hispanic	1.35%	2.44%	80.74%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.03%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%