How common is the surname Sowinski?

1,695 people in the United States had the surname Sowinski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. It ranked 16,839th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sowinski?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Sowinski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sowinski?

Erik Sowinski, American middle-distance runner.

Where is the surname Sowinski most common?

Wikidata records people named Sowinski in the United States.

Is the surname Sowinski getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,695 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Sowinski

A Polish surname, carried by 1,695 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sowinski is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Sowiński.

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 1,695 people named Sowinski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,703.

#16,839

rank among US surnames

1,695

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,738)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,833	Kaser	1,696	182,043
#16,839	Sowinski	1,695	182,151
#16,848	Stoehr	1,694	182,258

Who is named Sowinski

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

97% of people named Sowinski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Two or more races 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sowinskis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Erik Sowinski
American middle-distance runner, born 1989

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sowinski

Sowinski has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sowinski come from?: From Polish Sowiński.
How common is the surname Sowinski?: 1,695 people in the United States had the surname Sowinski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. It ranked 16,839th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sowinski?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Sowinski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sowinski?: Erik Sowinski, American middle-distance runner.
Where is the surname Sowinski most common?: Wikidata records people named Sowinski in the United States.
Is the surname Sowinski getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,695 in 2010, down 0.5%.