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The surname Kolakowski

A Polish surname, carried by 1,370 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex K422

Kolakowski: #19,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kolakowski #19,671, 1,370 people Kolakowski: #19,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kolakowski #19,671, 1,370 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kolakowski is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Kołakowski.

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 1,370 people named Kolakowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,362 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,372.

#19,671
rank among US surnames
1,370
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-0.1%
change since 2000 (was #18,551)

Who is named Kolakowski

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

96% of people named Kolakowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Kolakowski

Kolakowski has the Soundex code K422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K422.

Other Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kolakowski come from?
Borrowed from Polish Kołakowski.
How common is the surname Kolakowski?
1,370 people in the United States had the surname Kolakowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,362 Americans. It ranked 19,671st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kolakowski?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kolakowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Kolakowski getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,370 in 2010, down 0.1%.