How common is the surname Kaminski?

14,152 people in the United States had the surname Kaminski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,816 Americans. It ranked 2,553rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kaminski?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kaminski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kaminski?

Thomas Kaminski, Belgian association football player (born 1992), followed by Jake Kaminski.

Where is the surname Kaminski most common?

Wikidata records people named Kaminski in Belgium, Poland and Belarus.

Is the surname Kaminski getting more or less common?

Less common. 14,190 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,152 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Kaminski

A Polish surname, carried by 14,152 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kaminski is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Kamiński.

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 14,152 people named Kaminski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,816 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 14,190.

#2,553

rank among US surnames

14,152

people in 2010

4.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,337)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,544	Ryder	14,228	21,700
#2,545	Lombardi	14,227	21,701
#2,546	Weiner	14,208	21,730
#2,547	Mota	14,182	21,770
#2,548	Villasenor	14,180	21,773
#2,549	Breen	14,170	21,789
#2,550	Gant	14,167	21,793

Who is named Kaminski

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

96% of people named Kaminski identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kaminskis

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Kaminski
Belgian association football player (born 1992)
Jake Kaminski
American archer, born 1988
Vyacheslav Kaminsky
Association football player, born 1988

Notable Kaminskis come mostly from Belgium (1), Poland (1) and Belarus (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kaminski

Kaminsky

Kaminski has the Soundex code K552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K552.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kaminski come from?: From Polish Kamiński.
How common is the surname Kaminski?: 14,152 people in the United States had the surname Kaminski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,816 Americans. It ranked 2,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kaminski?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kaminski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kaminski?: Thomas Kaminski, Belgian association football player (born 1992), followed by Jake Kaminski.
Where is the surname Kaminski most common?: Wikidata records people named Kaminski in Belgium, Poland and Belarus.
Is the surname Kaminski getting more or less common?: Less common. 14,190 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,152 in 2010, down 0.3%.