# Polansky (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/polansky/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,624 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,928 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 117,662 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.5% (2,719 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pəˈlænski/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Czech Polanský, Slovak Polanský or a variant of Polanski.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Polansky in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Polansky in the United States.

## People named Polansky

- Mark L. Polansky, American astronaut, pilot
- Paul Polansky, American author and Romani rights activist (1942–2021)

## Similar surnames

Polanco, Plank, Planas, Plunkett, Poling, Palmisano, Palencia, Pullins, Palmquist, Plunk, Plancarte, Pauling.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.