How common is the surname Wesolowski?

3,204 people in the United States had the surname Wesolowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,363 Americans. It ranked 10,059th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wesolowski?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wesolowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wesolowski?

James Wesolowski, Australian soccer player.

Where is the surname Wesolowski most common?

Wikidata records people named Wesolowski in Australia.

Is the surname Wesolowski getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,204 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Wesolowski

A Polish surname, carried by 3,204 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). Wesolowski is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Polish Wesołowski, from various placenames derived from the adjective wesoły.

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 3,204 people named Wesolowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,363 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,251.

#10,059

rank among US surnames

3,204

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,226)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,050	Dasher	3,205	96,332
#10,059	Wesolowski	3,204	96,363
#10,064	O'Brian	3,203	96,393
#10,068	Creager	3,202	96,423

Who is named Wesolowski

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

97% of people named Wesolowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wesolowskis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Wesolowski
Australian soccer player, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wesolowski

Wesolowski 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 Wesolowski come from?: Polish Wesołowski, from various placenames derived from the adjective wesoły.
How common is the surname Wesolowski?: 3,204 people in the United States had the surname Wesolowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,363 Americans. It ranked 10,059th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wesolowski?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wesolowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wesolowski?: James Wesolowski, Australian soccer player.
Where is the surname Wesolowski most common?: Wikidata records people named Wesolowski in Australia.
Is the surname Wesolowski getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,204 in 2010, down 1.4%.