Grabowski Surname

6,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93,917 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Grabowski Surname Definition:

(Polish) One who came from Grabow(o) (birch tree), in Poland.

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Grabowski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland66,1891:57416
United States12,2471:29,5963,671
Germany10,7731:7,473940
Brazil1,0621:201,5777,747
France9561:69,4809,657
Canada8761:42,0615,232
England5131:108,61211,289
Israel2031:42,1565,736
Australia1501:179,97118,195
Argentina1101:388,57629,949
Sweden931:105,8797,628
Denmark901:62,7196,319
Norway751:68,5649,650
Thailand711:994,906151,495
Belgium611:188,47025,041
Czechia561:189,88327,834
Paraguay491:147,6893,066
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
Spain351:1,335,77243,485
Switzerland321:256,65421,165
Austria271:315,38635,058
Ireland251:188,3587,886
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Kazakhstan91:1,964,72289,832
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Finland71:785,24338,644
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Wales51:618,90625,852
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
China31:455,773,85521,925
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States701:717,41046,098

Grabowski (29) may also be a first name.

Grabowski Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) One who came from Grabow(o) (birch tree), in Poland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This name refers to the area of Grabowo in Poland. This means Grabowski originates in Grabowo or those who come from Grabowo or Grabow.

- Johannes Heinz Michels

Grabowski Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Grabowski Come From? nationality or country of origin

Grabowski is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grabowski? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,010th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 77,596 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Grabowski reside; 71 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 71 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,951,561st most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 29 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Poland, where it is borne by 66,189 people, or 1 in 574. Barring Poland this surname occurs in 64 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Germany, where 11 percent reside.

Grabowski Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grabowski has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Grabowski last name grew 17,496 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 8,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grabowski Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Grabowski are 5.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.23% being registered with the political party.

The amount Grabowski earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 23.89% less than the national average, earning 263,401 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 6.34% more than the national average, earning R 252,708 per year; in United States they earn 8.53% more than the national average, earning $46,828 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.34% more than the national average, earning $52,834 CAD per year.

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