# Sobieski (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sobieski/  
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 | Polish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,264 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,864 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 244,261 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.8% (1,274 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Sobieski.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sobieski 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sobieski in the United States.

## People named Sobieski

- Leelee Sobieski, American actress and artist

## Similar surnames

Savage, Sipes, Speck, Shabazz, Spies, Speaks, Spiess, Sopko, Sabbagh, Sipos, Shives, Svec.

## 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.