How common is the surname Bielski?

1,386 people in the United States had the surname Bielski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,760 Americans. It ranked 19,489th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bielski?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Bielski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Bielski getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,428 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,386 in 2010, down 2.9%.

The surname Bielski

A Polish surname, carried by 1,386 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bielski is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Bielski.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,386 people named Bielski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,760 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,428.

#19,489

rank among US surnames

1,386

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.9%

change since 2000 (was #18,016)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,480	Vanvoorhis	1,387	222,600
#19,489	Pulsifer	1,386	222,760
#19,498	Dubuque	1,385	222,921

Who is named Bielski

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

98% of people named Bielski identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bielski

Bielski has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bielski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Bielski.
How common is the surname Bielski?: 1,386 people in the United States had the surname Bielski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,760 Americans. It ranked 19,489th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bielski?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Bielski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Bielski getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,428 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,386 in 2010, down 2.9%.