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    The surname Wawrzyniak

    A Polish surname, carried by 1,093 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex W625

    Wawrzyniak: #23,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wawrzyniak #23,300, 1,093 people Wawrzyniak: #23,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wawrzyniak #23,300, 1,093 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wawrzyniak is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Borrowed from Polish Wawrzyniak.

    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 1,093 people named Wawrzyniak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,475 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,110.

    #23,300
    rank among US surnames
    1,093
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,832)

    Who is named Wawrzyniak

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

    95% of people named Wawrzyniak identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wawrzyniak come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Wawrzyniak.
    How common is the surname Wawrzyniak?
    1,093 people in the United States had the surname Wawrzyniak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,475 Americans. It ranked 23,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wawrzyniak?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wawrzyniak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wawrzyniak getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,093 in 2010, down 1.5%.