How common is the surname Pulaski?

1,900 people in the United States had the surname Pulaski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. It ranked 15,418th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pulaski?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pulaski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pulaski getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,900 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Pulaski

A Polish surname, carried by 1,900 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pulaski is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Americanised or Anglicised form of Polish Pułaski.

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 1,900 people named Pulaski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,960.

#15,418

rank among US surnames

1,900

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,091)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,409	McQueary	1,901	162,412
#15,418	McSherry	1,900	162,498

Who is named Pulaski

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

93% of people named Pulaski identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pulaski

Pulaski has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pulaski come from?: Americanised or Anglicised form of Polish Pułaski.
How common is the surname Pulaski?: 1,900 people in the United States had the surname Pulaski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. It ranked 15,418th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pulaski?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pulaski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pulaski getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,900 in 2010, down 3.1%.