How common is the surname Borowski?

3,821 people in the United States had the surname Borowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,802 Americans. It ranked 8,609th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Borowski?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Borowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Borowski getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,821 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Borowski

A Polish surname, carried by 3,821 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Borowski is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Borowski.

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 3,821 people named Borowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,802 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,943.

#8,609

rank among US surnames

3,821

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,771)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,605	Ivanov	3,826	80,697
#8,606	McGowen	3,825	80,718
#8,608	Lacour	3,822	80,781
#8,609	Borowski	3,821	80,802
#8,610	Felt	3,820	80,823
#8,611	Heng	3,819	80,845

Who is named Borowski

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

97% of people named Borowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Borowski

Borowski has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Borowski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Borowski.
How common is the surname Borowski?: 3,821 people in the United States had the surname Borowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,802 Americans. It ranked 8,609th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Borowski?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Borowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Borowski getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,821 in 2010, down 3.1%.