Explore the Family Name Yurchak

The meaning of Yurchak

1. Ukrainian, Rusyn, and Belorussian: patronymic from the Ukrainian and Rusyn personal name Yurko and its Belorussian equivalent Yurka (see Yurkovich), formed with the diminutive suffix -ak. 2. Americanized form of Polish or Rusyn (from Poland) Jurczak and Slovak, Czech (Moravian) or Rusyn (from Slovakia) Jurčák (see Jurcak). Some characteristic forenames: Russian Mikhail, Sergei, Yuriy.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Yurchak ranked 37,688 in popularity in the year 2000, while it moved up slightly to 37,591 in the subsequent decade, marking a growth of 0.26%. The count of people sporting this surname also increased from 555 in 2000 to 592 in 2010, indicating a rise of 6.67%. However, the proportion per 100k showed a marginal decrease of -4.76%, moving from 0.21 in 2000 to 0.2 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,688	#37,591	0.26%
Count	555	592	6.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.2	-4.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Yurchak

In terms of ethnic identity, the census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Yurchak surname identified as White, accounting for 97.48% in 2000 and 97.47% in 2010, showing a slight decrease of -0.01%. The Hispanic representation under this surname saw an increase of 17.36%, from 1.44% in 2000 to 1.69% in 2010. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native were either non-existent or suppressed for privacy reasons in the data. Notably, the number of people identifying with two or more races dropped from 0.90% in 2000 to none reported in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.48%	97.47%	-0.01%
Hispanic	1.44%	1.69%	17.36%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.9%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%