How common is the surname Zalewski?

3,812 people in the United States had the surname Zalewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,993 Americans. It ranked 8,629th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zalewski?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Zalewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Zalewski getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,886 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,812 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Zalewski

A Polish surname, carried by 3,812 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). Zalewski is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish 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 3,812 people named Zalewski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,993 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,886.

#8,629

rank among US surnames

3,812

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,902)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,622	Hänsel	3,815	80,929
#8,623	Teller	3,814	80,951
#8,626	Towner	3,813	80,972
#8,629	Zalewski	3,812	80,993
#8,631	Krishnan	3,810	81,036
#8,634	Rankins	3,809	81,057
#8,635	Waites	3,808	81,078

Who is named Zalewski

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

97% of people named Zalewski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Two or more races 0.8%
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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Zalewski

Zaleski

Zalewski 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 Zalewski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Zalewski.
How common is the surname Zalewski?: 3,812 people in the United States had the surname Zalewski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,993 Americans. It ranked 8,629th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zalewski?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Zalewski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Zalewski getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,886 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,812 in 2010, down 1.9%.