Kowalska Surname

89,970th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Tuvalu

Kowalska Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'blacksmith'.

Kowalska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland2,9781:12,7631,844
England8481:65,7057,636
United States2991:1,212,23786,130
Germany2441:329,94032,749
Sweden1361:72,4035,440
Canada971:379,85133,859
France961:691,90387,871
Spain801:584,40027,603
Ireland641:73,5774,518
Netherlands631:268,05033,531
Belgium411:280,40633,354
Norway391:131,85317,004
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Thailand371:1,909,144231,790
Italy351:1,747,33485,249
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Wales121:257,87814,969
Iceland121:31,6742,357
Czechia111:966,67976,885
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Austria101:851,54467,454
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Greece91:1,231,08885,267
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
British Virgin Islands21:15,797839
Tuvalu11:11,188103
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malta11:430,2723,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Kowalská (48) are calculated separately.

Kowalska (14) may also be a first name.

Kowalska Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'blacksmith'.

- mar1ano_

Kowalska Last Name Facts

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

Kowalska (Arabic: كوفالسكا) is borne by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Kowalská. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kowalska? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 89,970th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,367,269 people. Kowalska occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Kowalska are found; 56 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 56 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.

This surname is most widespread in Poland, where it is carried by 2,978 people, or 1 in 12,763. Besides Poland it occurs in 65 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Kowalska Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kowalska has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kowalska surname increased 7,475 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kowalska Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kowalska surname are 23.69% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.92% being registered with the party.

The amount Kowalska earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.87% less than the national average, earning 256,557 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 34.53% more than the national average, earning R 319,692 per year; in United States they earn 3.76% less than the national average, earning $41,525 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.62% less than the national average, earning $47,390 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kowalska Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kowalska in the Arabic language
كوفالسكاkwfalska-

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