# Walkowiak (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/walkowiak/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Polish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Polish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,099 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,205 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 280,933 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (1,089 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Polish Walkowiak.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Walkowiak 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) | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Walkowiak in the United States.

## People named Walkowiak

- David John Walkowiak, American Roman Catholic bishop

## Similar surnames

Wilcox, Wilkes, Walczak, Wilcoxson, Willcox, Wilgus, Wilcoxen, Wilcoxon, Wilkison.

## 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.