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    The surname Michalski

    A Polish surname, carried by 6,914 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M242

    Michalski: #5,072 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Michalski #5,072, 6,914 people Michalski: #5,072 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Michalski #5,072, 6,914 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Michalski is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    From Polish Michalski.

    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 6,914 people named Michalski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,655 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,866.

    #5,072
    rank among US surnames
    6,914
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,724)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,067Munro6,91844,629
    #5,068Rubino6,91744,636
    #5,070Alexis6,91544,649
    #5,072Michalski6,91444,655
    #5,073Garduno6,91244,668

    Who is named Michalski

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

    96% of people named Michalski identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Michalski

    Michalski has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Michalski come from?
    From Polish Michalski.
    How common is the surname Michalski?
    6,914 people in the United States had the surname Michalski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,655 Americans. It ranked 5,072nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Michalski?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Michalski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Michalski getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,914 in 2010, up 0.7%.