How common is the surname Perkowski?

1,267 people in the United States had the surname Perkowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,682 Americans. It ranked 20,829th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Perkowski?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Perkowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Perkowski getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,267 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Perkowski

A Polish surname, carried by 1,267 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Perkowski is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Perkowski.

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 1,267 people named Perkowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,682 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,269.

#20,829

rank among US surnames

1,267

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,657)

Who is named Perkowski

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

98% of people named Perkowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Perkowski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Perkowski.
How common is the surname Perkowski?: 1,267 people in the United States had the surname Perkowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,682 Americans. It ranked 20,829th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Perkowski?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Perkowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Perkowski getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,267 in 2010, down 0.2%.