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The surname Borkowski

A Polish surname, carried by 4,212 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B622

Borkowski: #7,857 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Borkowski #7,857, 4,212 people Borkowski: #7,857 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Borkowski #7,857, 4,212 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Borkowski is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Borkowski.

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 4,212 people named Borkowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,301 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,171.

#7,857
rank among US surnames
4,212
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+1%
change since 2000 (was #7,362)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,852Roseberry4,21573,249
#7,854Brian4,21473,267
#7,856Seltzer4,21373,284
#7,857Borkowski4,21273,301
#7,858Florio4,21173,319

Who is named Borkowski

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

97% of people named Borkowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 97%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Borkowski

Borkowski has the Soundex code B622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B622.

Other Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Borkowski come from?
From Polish Borkowski.
How common is the surname Borkowski?
4,212 people in the United States had the surname Borkowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,301 Americans. It ranked 7,857th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Borkowski?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Borkowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Borkowski getting more or less common?
More common. 4,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,212 in 2010, up 1.0%.