Sokolowski Surname

44,554th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,659 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Sokolowski Surname Definition:

(Czech-Slovakian, Polish) One with the qualities of a falcon or hawk; dweller at the sign of the falcon.

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Sokolowski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,5451:65,3677,632
Germany2,1891:36,7774,878
Israel9621:8,8961,383
Canada6871:53,6336,403
France5771:115,11717,319
Brazil4201:509,70119,169
Poland2871:132,43519,341
England2041:273,12821,453
Australia1721:156,95216,457
Argentina1231:347,50727,272
Ireland621:75,9514,602
Belgium591:194,85825,672
Sweden541:182,34712,605
Norway461:111,78914,873
Denmark381:148,54513,026
Netherlands341:496,68247,398
Scotland301:178,4619,900
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
Austria161:532,21549,801
Wales161:193,40812,484
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Peru121:2,648,67728,015
Hungary101:981,62846,877
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Sokolowski (13) may also be a first name.

Sokolowski Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Czech-Slovakian, Polish) One with the qualities of a falcon or hawk; dweller at the sign of the falcon.

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

User-submitted Reference

Sokolowski and its variants are Slavic surnames common to Poland. At one time Sokolowski would have been considered a surname of the nobility. As commoners adopted the naming trends of the upper classes, they also adopted their lord's surnames.

Broken down Sokolowski means 'from the town of falcon'. Sokol is the Slavic word for 'falcon'; Sokolow is a town in Poland; and -ski, -sky, and -ska are suffixes meaning 'of the' or 'from the'. The suffix changes for male/female and also for whatever spelling is considered most correct for the area. Poles use -ski, and Czechs tend to use -sky.

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This is a Polish surname, denoting someone who came from Sokołowo ('place of falcons'; sokół, meaning 'falcon'), ten locations in Poland.

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Sokolowski Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sokolowski is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokolowski? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sokolowski is the 44,554th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 625,058 people. Sokolowski is predominantly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Sokolowski reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 53 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread forename on earth. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname Sokolowski is most common in The United States, where it is held by 5,545 people, or 1 in 65,367. In The United States Sokolowski is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 13 percent live, Illinois, where 10 percent live and Michigan, where 10 percent live. Barring The United States this surname is found in 50 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 19 percent live and Israel, where 8 percent live.

Sokolowski Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sokolowski has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 69,313 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 5,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sokolowski Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sokolowski surname are 4.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.45% registered with the party.

The amount Sokolowski earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.4% less than the national average, earning 268,558 kr per year; in Peru they earn 5.74% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,498 per year; in South Africa they earn 13.18% more than the national average, earning R 268,968 per year; in United States they earn 10.11% more than the national average, earning $47,512 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.47% more than the national average, earning $53,395 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sokolowskei9511/
Sokolowskij956/
Sokolowskiy955/
Sokolowskii952/
Sokollowski951/
Schokolowski916/
Sokolowskaia911/
Sokołowski9037,829/
Sokolovski901,501/
Sokolowska90793/
Sokolowsky90559/
Socolowski9065/
Sokolofski9041/
Zokolowski9034/
Sokolowske909/
Sokalowski905/
Sakolowski903/
Sokolowská903/
Sukolowski901/
Sekolowski901/
Sokolewski901/
Sokolovskyi865,499/
Sokolovskis86551/
Sokolovskiy86230/
Sokolovskij86198/
Sokolovskii8680/
Sockolowsky8620/
Sokolovskie869/
Sokolovskiz864/
Sokolovskih862/
Sokolovskaia826,667/
Szokolovszki8250/
Sokolowskaja828/
Shokolovskyi824/
Sokolowskaya822/
Schokelowski822/
Sokolovsky8013,742/
Sokolovska801,194/
Sokolovská80253/
Sokolovský80154/
Sokołowska80112/
Sakalowski8094/
Sokolofsky8076/
Socolovski8054/
Sukolowsky8022/
Sokolevski8022/
Socolowsky8020/
Sokolobsky8014/
Sokolovske8010/
Sukalowski804/
Sakulowski804/
Cokolovski802/
Sakolovski802/
Sokołowská802/
Sokalovski801/
Sekolovski801/
Szukalowski7647/
Sokolovskyy7620/
Jaskołowski767/
Sokolevskyi765/
Sokolovs'ka764/
Socolovskiy762/
Sokolovskes762/
Sokolovskoy761/
Sokolovskay761/
Jaskalowski761/
Jaskolofski761/
Sokolovskaa761/
Sukolovskiy761/
Sekoulovski761/
Szokolovsky761/
Szokolovská761/
Szokołowska761/
Socolovscki761/
Sockolofsky760/
Sokolovskaya7320,214/
Sokolovskaja73435/
Sukholovskyi7343/
Szokolovszky737/
Szokolovszká734/
Sukholovskiy733/
Shekolovskyi733/
Socolovsky70313/
Socolofsky70104/
Sokalofsky7099/
Zakalowski7061/
Sukholovskaia7047/
Sokalovsky7022/
Sokolevsky7020/
Sakalowsky7019/
Sakolovsky7015/
Sucolowsky709/
Socolobsky709/
Sakalovski703/
Sacolowsky703/
Socolovska701/
Sakolovska701/
Sokalovska701/
Sokolyovskaya701/
Sukalovski701/
Sakulovski701/
Šukolovski701/
Sakalofski701/
Jacolowski701/
Sokolavska701/
Jaskółowski67559/
Sukholovsky67118/
Socolovschi67116/
Succolowsky6723/
Szukałowski6711/
Sakalovskyi674/
Shekolovsky671/
Zakolovskis671/
Sakalovskis671/
Szokolovszkaja671/

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