How common is the surname Bilski?

1,222 people in the United States had the surname Bilski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. It ranked 21,403rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bilski?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bilski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bilski getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,222 in 2010, down 8.1%.

The surname Bilski

A Polish surname, carried by 1,222 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). Bilski is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Bilski.

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 1,222 people named Bilski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. That is down 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,330.

#21,403

rank among US surnames

1,222

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-8.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,965)

Who is named Bilski

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

96% of people named Bilski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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 Bilski

Bilski 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 Bilski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Bilski.
How common is the surname Bilski?: 1,222 people in the United States had the surname Bilski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. It ranked 21,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bilski?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bilski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bilski getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,222 in 2010, down 8.1%.