How common is the surname Zaleski?

3,442 people in the United States had the surname Zaleski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,699 Americans. It ranked 9,451st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Zaleski?

Andrey Zaleski, Belarusian footballer, followed by Alexander M. Zaleski.

Where is the surname Zaleski most common?

Wikidata records people named Zaleski in Belarus and Poland.

Is the surname Zaleski getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,442 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Zaleski

A Polish surname, carried by 3,442 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex Z420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zaleski is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Zaleski, Załęski, or Zalewski.

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 3,442 people named Zaleski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,699 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,470.

#9,451

rank among US surnames

3,442

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,717)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,444	Durso	3,445	89,621
#9,446	McGruder	3,444	89,647
#9,449	Subramanian	3,443	89,673
#9,451	Pick	3,442	89,699
#9,455	Antonucci	3,441	89,726
#9,458	Borrelli	3,440	89,752

Who is named Zaleski

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

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

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

Famous Zaleskis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andrey Zaleski
Belarusian footballer, born 1991
Alexander M. Zaleski
American Roman Catholic Bishop (1906-1975)

Notable Zaleskis come mostly from Belarus (1) and Poland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Zaleski

Zalewski

Zaleski has the Soundex code Z420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z420.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zaleski come from?: From Polish Zaleski, Załęski, or Zalewski.
How common is the surname Zaleski?: 3,442 people in the United States had the surname Zaleski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,699 Americans. It ranked 9,451st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zaleski?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Zaleski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Zaleski?: Andrey Zaleski, Belarusian footballer, followed by Alexander M. Zaleski.
Where is the surname Zaleski most common?: Wikidata records people named Zaleski in Belarus and Poland.
Is the surname Zaleski getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,442 in 2010, down 0.8%.