How common is the surname Karpinski?

2,731 people in the United States had the surname Karpinski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,052 Americans. It ranked 11,516th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Karpinski?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Karpinski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Karpinski?

Janis Karpinski, American military officer.

Where is the surname Karpinski most common?

Wikidata records people named Karpinski in the United States.

Is the surname Karpinski getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,840 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,731 in 2010, down 3.8%.

The surname Karpinski

A Polish surname, carried by 2,731 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K615

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Karpinski is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Karpiński.

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 2,731 people named Karpinski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,052 Americans. That is down 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,840.

#11,516

rank among US surnames

2,731

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-3.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,400)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,508	Prout	2,733	112,969
#11,512	Situ	2,732	113,011
#11,516	Sublett	2,731	113,052
#11,522	Truett	2,730	113,094
#11,524	Steffes	2,729	113,135

Who is named Karpinski

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

97% of people named Karpinski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Karpinskis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Janis Karpinski
American military officer, born 1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Karpinski

Krupinski

Karpinski has the Soundex code K615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K615.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Karpinski come from?: From Polish Karpiński.
How common is the surname Karpinski?: 2,731 people in the United States had the surname Karpinski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,052 Americans. It ranked 11,516th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Karpinski?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Karpinski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Karpinski?: Janis Karpinski, American military officer.
Where is the surname Karpinski most common?: Wikidata records people named Karpinski in the United States.
Is the surname Karpinski getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,840 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,731 in 2010, down 3.8%.