How common is the surname Orlowski?

3,208 people in the United States had the surname Orlowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,242 Americans. It ranked 10,041st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Orlowski?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Orlowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Orlowski getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,208 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Orlowski

A Polish surname, carried by 3,208 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O642

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Orlowski is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Orłowski.

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 3,208 people named Orlowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,242 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,307.

#10,041

rank among US surnames

3,208

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #9,084)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,034	Backman	3,210	96,182
#10,036	Eccles	3,209	96,212
#10,041	Caster	3,208	96,242
#10,044	Lieb	3,207	96,272
#10,046	Pound	3,206	96,302
#10,050	Dasher	3,205	96,332

Who is named Orlowski

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

98% of people named Orlowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Orlowski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Orłowski.
How common is the surname Orlowski?: 3,208 people in the United States had the surname Orlowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,242 Americans. It ranked 10,041st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Orlowski?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Orlowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Orlowski getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,208 in 2010, down 3.0%.