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    The surname Wasielewski

    A Polish surname, carried by 1,551 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex W242

    Wasielewski: #18,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wasielewski #18,003, 1,551 people Wasielewski: #18,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wasielewski #18,003, 1,551 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wasielewski is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Borrowed from Polish Wasielewski.

    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 1,551 people named Wasielewski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,062 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,503.

    #18,003
    rank among US surnames
    1,551
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,334)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,003Wasielewski1,551199,062
    #18,007Spivak1,550199,191

    Who is named Wasielewski

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

    96% of people named Wasielewski identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wasielewski

    Wasielewski has the Soundex code W242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W242.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wasielewski come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Wasielewski.
    How common is the surname Wasielewski?
    1,551 people in the United States had the surname Wasielewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,062 Americans. It ranked 18,003rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wasielewski?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wasielewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wasielewski getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,551 in 2010, up 3.2%.