Explore the Family Name Zarzecki

The meaning of Zarzecki

1. Polish: topographic name for someone who lived ‘on the other side of the river’, derived from za ‘beyond’ + rzeka ‘river’. 2. Polish and Jewish (from Poland): habitational name from Zarzecze in northeastern Poland. Compare Zarecki. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Stanislaw, Genowesa, Jerzy, Jozef, Kazimierz, Krzysztof, Lucjan, Tadeusz.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Zarzecki has slightly increased in the past decade. In the year 2000, Zarzecki was ranked 52,608th in terms of popularity with a count of 370 people bearing this surname. A decade later, in 2010, the rank increased to 52,383 and the count rose by 7.03% to reach 396 individuals. However, the proportion per 100,000 people decreased by 7.14%, signifying that while more people bore the surname, its overall prevalence in relation to the total population reduced.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#52,608	#52,383	0.43%
Count	370	396	7.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Zarzecki

When it comes to ethnic identity, the majority of the Zarzecki family identifies as White, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, about 97.03% identified as White, which decreased marginally to 96.46% in 2010. There was no representation from Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities in either year. The census data shows a significant change in two categories over the decade - the percentage of Zarzeckis identifying with two or more races dropped from 1.62% to zero, and there was a new appearance of Hispanic identification at 2.53% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.03%	96.46%	-0.59%
Hispanic	0%	2.53%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.62%	0%	-100%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%