How common is the surname Smolinski?

2,125 people in the United States had the surname Smolinski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,292 Americans. It ranked 14,139th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Smolinski?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Smolinski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Smolinski?

Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Smolinski most common?

Wikidata records people named Smolinski in the United States.

Is the surname Smolinski getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,135 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,125 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Smolinski

A Polish surname, carried by 2,125 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S545

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smolinski is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Smoliński.

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 2,125 people named Smolinski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,292 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,135.

#14,139

rank among US surnames

2,125

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,128)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,137	Pavia	2,126	145,224
#14,139	Fujii	2,125	145,292
#14,148	Longwell	2,124	145,360

Who is named Smolinski

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

96% of people named Smolinski identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Smolinskis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bryan Smolinski
American ice hockey player, born 1971

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Smolinski

Smolen

Smolinski has the Soundex code S545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S545.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Smolinski come from?: From Smoliński.
How common is the surname Smolinski?: 2,125 people in the United States had the surname Smolinski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,292 Americans. It ranked 14,139th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Smolinski?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Smolinski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Smolinski?: Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Smolinski most common?: Wikidata records people named Smolinski in the United States.
Is the surname Smolinski getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,135 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,125 in 2010, down 0.5%.