Zurawski Surname

133,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Zurawski Surname Definition:

(Polish) One who came from Zuraw (place where cranes abound), in Poland.

Zurawski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1571:168,03817,023
Germany4621:174,25420,489
France1601:415,14260,629
Poland1381:275,42633,676
Brazil1291:1,659,49154,555
Canada1051:350,91031,754
England751:742,90741,196
Argentina491:872,31556,573
Norway311:165,88020,092
Australia281:964,13257,058
Sweden271:364,69525,646
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Żurawski (50) are calculated separately.

Zurawski Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) One who came from Zuraw (place where cranes abound), in Poland.

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

Zurawski Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zurawski is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms: Żurawski. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zurawski? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 133,141st most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,151,623 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Zurawski live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 2,157 people, or 1 in 168,038. In The United States Zurawski is most common in: Illinois, where 22 percent live, Michigan, where 12 percent live and Wisconsin, where 12 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 14 percent live and France, where 5 percent live.

Zurawski Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Zurawski has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zurawski surname expanded 21,570 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Zurawski Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Zurawski last name are 1.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.85% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Zurawski earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.33% less than the national average, earning 268,791 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.92% more than the national average, earning $47,430 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.75% more than the national average, earning $57,508 CAD per year.

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