How common is the surname Petrowski?

1,042 people in the United States had the surname Petrowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. It ranked 24,137th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Petrowski?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Petrowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Petrowski getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,042 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Petrowski

A surname, carried by 1,042 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petrowski is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,042 people named Petrowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,068.

#24,137

rank among US surnames

1,042

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #22,481)

Who is named Petrowski

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

97% of people named Petrowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Petrowski

Petrowski has the Soundex code P362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P362.

Questions

How common is the surname Petrowski?: 1,042 people in the United States had the surname Petrowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. It ranked 24,137th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Petrowski?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Petrowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Petrowski getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,042 in 2010, down 2.4%.