How common is the surname Gajewski?

2,588 people in the United States had the surname Gajewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. It ranked 12,048th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gajewski?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gajewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Gajewski?

Gajewski is /ɡəˈjɛv.ski/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Gajewski getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,591 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,588 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Gajewski

A Polish surname, carried by 2,588 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡəˈjɛv.ski/ 3 syllables Soundex G220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gajewski is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Gajewski.

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 2,588 people named Gajewski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,591.

#12,048

rank among US surnames

2,588

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,217)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,042	Oliveras	2,591	119,161
#12,043	Heckler	2,590	119,207
#12,047	Whittier	2,589	119,253
#12,048	Branscum	2,588	119,299
#12,055	Evens	2,587	119,345

Who is named Gajewski

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

95% of people named Gajewski identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gajewski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Gajewski.
How common is the surname Gajewski?: 2,588 people in the United States had the surname Gajewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. It ranked 12,048th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gajewski?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gajewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Gajewski?: Gajewski is /ɡəˈjɛv.ski/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Gajewski getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,591 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,588 in 2010, down 0.1%.