How common is the surname Majewski?

5,126 people in the United States had the surname Majewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,231 Americans. It ranked 6,609th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Majewski?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Majewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Majewski?

Ivan Mayewski, Belarusian association football player.

Where is the surname Majewski most common?

Wikidata records people named Majewski in Belarus.

Is the surname Majewski getting more or less common?

More common. 5,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,126 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Majewski

A Polish surname, carried by 5,126 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Majewski is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Majewski.

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 5,126 people named Majewski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,231 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,109.

#6,609

rank among US surnames

5,126

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,176)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,602	Wales	5,133	60,149
#6,603	Kain	5,132	60,161
#6,604	Persinger	5,131	60,173
#6,605	Rubalcava	5,130	60,184
#6,606	Marron	5,129	60,196
#6,607	O'Hare	5,128	60,208
#6,608	Napoli	5,127	60,220

Who is named Majewski

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

96% of people named Majewski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
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 Majewskis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ivan Mayewski
Belarusian association football player, born 1988

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Majeski

Surnames that sound like Majewski

Majewski has the Soundex code M220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M220.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Majewski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Majewski.
How common is the surname Majewski?: 5,126 people in the United States had the surname Majewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,231 Americans. It ranked 6,609th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Majewski?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Majewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Majewski?: Ivan Mayewski, Belarusian association football player.
Where is the surname Majewski most common?: Wikidata records people named Majewski in Belarus.
Is the surname Majewski getting more or less common?: More common. 5,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,126 in 2010, up 0.3%.
What are other spellings of Majewski?: Majeski.