How common is the surname Milewski?

2,646 people in the United States had the surname Milewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,684 Americans. It ranked 11,829th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Milewski?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Milewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Milewski getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,758 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,646 in 2010, down 4.1%.

The surname Milewski

A Polish surname, carried by 2,646 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Milewski is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Milewski.

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 2,646 people named Milewski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,684 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,758.

#11,829

rank among US surnames

2,646

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-4.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,647)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,821	Glasper	2,647	116,640
#11,829	Rollo	2,646	116,684
#11,836	Sethi	2,645	116,728

Who is named Milewski

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

97% of people named Milewski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
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 Milewski

Milewski has the Soundex code M420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M420.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Milewski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Milewski.
How common is the surname Milewski?: 2,646 people in the United States had the surname Milewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,684 Americans. It ranked 11,829th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Milewski?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Milewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Milewski getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,758 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,646 in 2010, down 4.1%.