How common is the surname Kurowski?

1,717 people in the United States had the surname Kurowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. It ranked 16,679th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kurowski?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kurowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kurowski getting more or less common?

More common. 1,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,717 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Kurowski

A surname, carried by 1,717 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kurowski is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,717 people named Kurowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,672.

#16,679

rank among US surnames

1,717

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,963)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,675	Bibeau	1,718	179,712
#16,679	Kurowski	1,717	179,817
#16,687	Fralick	1,716	179,922

Who is named Kurowski

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

95% of people named Kurowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kurowski

Kurek

Kurowski has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

Questions

How common is the surname Kurowski?: 1,717 people in the United States had the surname Kurowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. It ranked 16,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kurowski?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kurowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kurowski getting more or less common?: More common. 1,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,717 in 2010, up 2.7%.