How common is the surname Wolski?

1,965 people in the United States had the surname Wolski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. It ranked 15,033rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wolski?

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

Is the surname Wolski getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,008 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,965 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Wolski

A Polish surname, carried by 1,965 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wolski is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

A surname from Polish.

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 1,965 people named Wolski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,008.

#15,033

rank among US surnames

1,965

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,820)

Who is named Wolski

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

96% of people named Wolski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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 Wolski

Wolski has the Soundex code W420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W420.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wolski come from?: Wolski is Polish in origin.
How common is the surname Wolski?: 1,965 people in the United States had the surname Wolski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. It ranked 15,033rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wolski?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wolski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wolski getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,008 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,965 in 2010, down 2.1%.