Pawlowski Surname

35,793rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,743 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Pawlowski Surname Definition:

(Polish) One who came from Pawlow, in Poland.

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Pawlowski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,2221:50,1886,064
Germany3,5941:22,4002,964
France9701:68,4779,513
England5981:93,1749,986
Canada5281:69,7838,002
Brazil4031:531,20219,920
Poland3971:95,74014,653
Australia1911:141,33915,185
Sweden1441:68,3805,181
Argentina1221:350,35627,444
Norway841:61,2188,720
Thailand601:1,177,306172,517
Denmark491:115,19810,655
Austria471:181,17923,261
Belgium401:287,41633,962
Switzerland371:221,97118,930
Netherlands371:456,41045,371
Spain281:1,669,71648,608
Ireland281:168,1767,397
Northern Ireland261:70,9635,105
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Czechia201:531,67354,411
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Wales171:182,03112,022
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:1,068,48362,061

Pawlowski (12) may also be a first name.

Pawlowski Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) One who came from Pawlow, in Poland.

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

User-submitted Reference

The surname Pawlowski means 'son of Pawel', or 'one from the town of Pawlow'.

- marthawannabe

Pawlowski Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pawlowski occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pawlowski? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 35,793rd most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 494,305 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Pawlowski reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name in the world, borne by 12 people.

The surname Pawlowski is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 7,222 people, or 1 in 50,188. In The United States it is most common in: Illinois, where 12 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and Michigan, where 11 percent are found. Other than The United States Pawlowski occurs in 54 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 24 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.

Pawlowski Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pawlowski has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pawlowski surname rose 15,366 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 5,980 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pawlowski Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pawlowski last name are 3.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.74% registered with the political party.

The amount Pawlowski earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 28.33% less than the national average, earning 248,041 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 9.55% less than the national average, earning R 214,932 per year; in United States they earn 10.18% more than the national average, earning $47,542 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.04% more than the national average, earning $55,666 CAD per year.

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