How common is the surname Wasilewski?

2,204 people in the United States had the surname Wasilewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,084 Americans. It ranked 13,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wasilewski?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wasilewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wasilewski?

Audrey Wasilewski, American actress, followed by Paul Wesley.

Where is the surname Wasilewski most common?

Wikidata records people named Wasilewski in the United States and Poland.

Is the surname Wasilewski getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,204 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Wasilewski

A Polish surname, carried by 2,204 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex W242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wasilewski is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Wasilewski.

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 2,204 people named Wasilewski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,084 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,242.

#13,736

rank among US surnames

2,204

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,654)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,727	Gleaton	2,205	140,021
#13,736	Wasilewski	2,204	140,084
#13,737	Brunetti	2,203	140,148
#13,741	Willits	2,202	140,211

Who is named Wasilewski

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

96% of people named Wasilewski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 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 Wasilewskis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Audrey Wasilewski
American actress, born 1967
Paul Wesley
American actor (born 1982)

Notable Wasilewskis come mostly from the United States (1) and Poland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wasilewski

Wasilewski 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 Wasilewski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Wasilewski.
How common is the surname Wasilewski?: 2,204 people in the United States had the surname Wasilewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,084 Americans. It ranked 13,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wasilewski?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wasilewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wasilewski?: Audrey Wasilewski, American actress, followed by Paul Wesley.
Where is the surname Wasilewski most common?: Wikidata records people named Wasilewski in the United States and Poland.
Is the surname Wasilewski getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,204 in 2010, down 1.7%.