How common is the surname Makowski?

3,942 people in the United States had the surname Makowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,322 Americans. It ranked 8,395th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Makowski?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Makowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Makowski?

Uladzimir Makowski, Belarusian footballer and coach, followed by Mihail Makowski.

Where is the surname Makowski most common?

Wikidata records people named Makowski in Belarus and Poland.

Is the surname Makowski getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,957 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,942 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Makowski

A Polish surname, carried by 3,942 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). Makowski is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Makowski.

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 3,942 people named Makowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,322 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,957.

#8,395

rank among US surnames

3,942

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,741)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,389	Pohlman	3,945	78,262
#8,392	Valera	3,944	78,282
#8,394	Halley	3,943	78,302
#8,395	Carlo	3,942	78,322
#8,398	Spry	3,940	78,362

Who is named Makowski

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

96% of people named Makowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Two or more races 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Makowskis

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Uladzimir Makowski
Belarusian footballer and coach, born 1977
Mihail Makowski
Belarusian footballer, born 1977
Eugeniusz Geno Malkowski
Artist and painter (1942-2016)

Notable Makowskis come mostly from Belarus (2) and Poland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Makowski

Majewski

Makowski 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 Makowski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Makowski.
How common is the surname Makowski?: 3,942 people in the United States had the surname Makowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,322 Americans. It ranked 8,395th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Makowski?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Makowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Makowski?: Uladzimir Makowski, Belarusian footballer and coach, followed by Mihail Makowski.
Where is the surname Makowski most common?: Wikidata records people named Makowski in Belarus and Poland.
Is the surname Makowski getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,957 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,942 in 2010, down 0.4%.