How common is the surname Kowaleski?

1,073 people in the United States had the surname Kowaleski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. It ranked 23,634th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kowaleski getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,073 in 2010, down 6.9%.

The surname Kowaleski

A surname, carried by 1,073 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex K420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kowaleski is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,073 people named Kowaleski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. That is down 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,153.

#23,634

rank among US surnames

1,073

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.9%

change since 2000 (was #21,209)

Who is named Kowaleski

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

97% of people named Kowaleski identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Two or more races 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

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

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Surnames that sound like Kowaleski

Kowaleski has the Soundex code K420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K420.

Questions

How common is the surname Kowaleski?: 1,073 people in the United States had the surname Kowaleski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. It ranked 23,634th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kowaleski?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kowaleski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Kowaleski getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,073 in 2010, down 6.9%.