How common is the surname Brzezinski?

2,300 people in the United States had the surname Brzezinski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,237 Americans. It ranked 13,264th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brzezinski?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brzezinski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brzezinski?

Mika Brzezinski, American television host, followed by Emilie Benes Brzezinski.

Where is the surname Brzezinski most common?

Wikidata records people named Brzezinski in the United States.

Is the surname Brzezinski getting more or less common?

More common. 2,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,300 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Brzezinski

A Polish surname, carried by 2,300 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brzezinski is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Brzeziński.

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 2,300 people named Brzezinski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,237 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,235.

#13,264

rank among US surnames

2,300

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,255	Blackledge	2,303	134,062
#13,259	Hershman	2,302	134,121
#13,263	Franko	2,301	134,179
#13,264	Paull	2,300	134,237
#13,267	Norby	2,299	134,296
#13,271	Rodden	2,298	134,354

Who is named Brzezinski

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

96% of people named Brzezinski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
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.

Famous Brzezinskis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mika Brzezinski
American television host, born 1967
Emilie Benes Brzezinski
American sculptor (1932–2022)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brzezinski

Brzozowski

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

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brzezinski come from?: From Polish Brzeziński.
How common is the surname Brzezinski?: 2,300 people in the United States had the surname Brzezinski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,237 Americans. It ranked 13,264th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brzezinski?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brzezinski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brzezinski?: Mika Brzezinski, American television host, followed by Emilie Benes Brzezinski.
Where is the surname Brzezinski most common?: Wikidata records people named Brzezinski in the United States.
Is the surname Brzezinski getting more or less common?: More common. 2,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,300 in 2010, up 2.9%.