How common is the surname Poplawski?

1,593 people in the United States had the surname Poplawski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. It ranked 17,639th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Poplawski?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Poplawski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Poplawski?

Yadviga Paplawskaya, Belarusian singer and songwriter.

Where is the surname Poplawski most common?

Wikidata records people named Poplawski in Belarus.

Is the surname Poplawski getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,593 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Poplawski

A Polish surname, carried by 1,593 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P142

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poplawski is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Popławski.

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 1,593 people named Poplawski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,600.

#17,639

rank among US surnames

1,593

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,535)

Who is named Poplawski

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

95% of people named Poplawski identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 0.8%
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.

Famous Poplawskis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Yadviga Paplawskaya
Belarusian singer and songwriter, born 1949

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Poplawski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Popławski.
How common is the surname Poplawski?: 1,593 people in the United States had the surname Poplawski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. It ranked 17,639th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Poplawski?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Poplawski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Poplawski?: Yadviga Paplawskaya, Belarusian singer and songwriter.
Where is the surname Poplawski most common?: Wikidata records people named Poplawski in Belarus.
Is the surname Poplawski getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,593 in 2010, down 0.4%.