The 100 most common Polish surnames (with figures)

Since our birth, our last name becomes one more feature of our being. An element that is the letter of introduction to the world and part of our identity, surviving through generations and time thanks to how it is transmitted from parents to children. Thus, it becomes something much bigger than what accompanies, in the identity document, the first name.

In fact, surnames are a reflection of our legacy, not only family, but also national. And it is that despite the fact that we can always come across somewhat more peculiar surnames and although (luckily) all the cultures of the world are mixed, in each country we can find a series of surnames that, due to their cultural and historical identity, are especially frequent. .

Studying this, which in itself is a very interesting activity to learn the basics of a country's culture, becomes a tremendously enriching experience when we immerse ourselves in a nation that, like Poland, with a population of 37.9 million of inhabitants and being a country in Eastern Europe on the Baltic Sea, it has so much history behind it. So next let's find out, in the form of a ranking, which are the most popular Polish surnames.

TOP 100: the list of the most popular surnames in Poland

In today's article we offer the TOP 100 most popular Polish surnames. To make this ranking, we have based ourselves on a demographic analysis published by what is surely the portal par excellence in this kind of studies, forebears, which, after determining the incidence of the 408,386 Polish surnames in its database, yielded some very interesting data that we have collected to compile this list. Let's look at the most common surnames in Poland.

1. Nowak

The king of surnames. And it is that 1 of every 141 people have that last name. With a total of 268,732 people surnamed Nowak, it is the most common surname in Poland.

2.Kowalski

With a total of 161,147 people surnamed Kowalski, it is the second most common surname in Poland.

3.Lewandowski

With a total of 107,895 people surnamed Lewandowski, it is the third most common surname in Poland.

4. Kowalczyk

With a total of 107,278 people surnamed Kowalczyk, it is the fourth most common surname in Poland.

5. Kaminski

With a total of 105,060 people surnamed Kamiński, it is the fifth most common surname in Poland.

6. Zielinski

With a total of 102,739 people surnamed Zieliński, it is the sixth most common surname in Poland.

7. Szymanski

With a total of 100,996 people surnamed Szymański, it is the seventh most common surname in Poland.

8. Kozłowski

With a total of 86,525 people surnamed Kozłowski, it is the eighth most common surname in Poland.

9. Jankowski

With a total of 79,823 people surnamed Jankowski, it is the ninth most common surname in Poland.

10. Wojciechowski

With a total of 76,858 people surnamed Wojciechowski, it is the tenth most common surname in Poland.

11. Kwiatkowski

A total of 75,874 people have the surname Kwiatkowski in Poland.

12. Kaczmarek

A total of 72,384 people have the surname Kaczmarek in Poland.

13. Mazur

A total of 72,108 people have the surname Mazur in Poland.

14. Krawczyk

A total of 71,197 people have the surname Krawczyk in Poland.

15. Piotrowski

A total of 70,176 people have the surname Piotrowski in Poland.

16.Grabowski

A total of 66,189 people have the surname Grabowski in Poland.

17. Nowakowski

A total of 65,632 people have the surname Nowakowski in Poland.

18. Pawłowski

A total of 63,046 people have the surname Pawłowski in Poland.

19. Michalsky

A total of 62,180 people have the surname Michalski in Poland.

20. Adamczyk

A total of 60,390 people have the surname Adamczyk in Poland.

21. Nowicky

A total of 60,212 people have the last name Nowicki in Poland.

22. Dudeck

A total of 60,173 people have the surname Dudek in Poland.

23. Zajac

A total of 57,778 people have the surname Zając in Poland.

24. Wieczorek

A total of 57,202 people have the surname Wieczorek in Poland.

25. Majewski

A total of 56,245 people have the surname Majewski in Poland.

26. Jablonski

A total of 55,893 people have the surname Jabłoński in Poland.

27. Olszewski

A total of 54,184 people have the surname Olszewski in Poland.

28. Jaworski

A total of 53,449 people have the surname Jaworski in Poland.

29.Pawlak

A total of 53,234 people have the surname Pawlak in Poland.

30. Malinowski

A total of 53,117 people have the surname Malinowski in Poland.

31. Walczak

A total of 51,332 people have the surname Walczak in Poland.

32.Witkowski

A total of 51,043 people have the surname Witkowski in Poland.

33. Rutkowski

A total of 50,080 people have the surname Rutkowski in Poland.

34. Michalak

A total of 49,230 people have the surname Michalak in Poland.

35. Sikora

A total of 48,716 people have the surname Sikora in Poland.

36. Ostrowski

A total of 47,212 people have the surname Ostrowski in Poland.

37. Baran

A total of 46,864 people have the surname Baran in Poland.

38. Szewczyk

A total of 46,725 people have the last name Szewczyk in Poland.

39. Doubt

A total of 46,616 people have the surname Duda in Poland.

40. Tomaszewski

A total of 46,215 people have the surname Tomaszewski in Poland.

41. Pietrzak

A total of 45,470 people have the surname Pietrzak in Poland.

42. Marciniak

A total of 45,087 people have the surname Marciniak in Poland.

43. Zalewski

A total of 43,659 people have the surname Zalewski in Poland.

44. Jakubowski

A total of 43,439 people have the surname Jakubowski in Poland.

45. Zawadzky

A total of 42,753 people have the surname Zawadzki in Poland.

46. ​​Jasinski

A total of 42,508 people have the surname Jasiński in Poland.

47. Sadowski

A total of 42,388 people have the surname Sadowski in Poland.

48. Chmielewski

A total of 40,752 people have the surname Chmielewski in Poland.

49. Borkowski

A total of 39,298 people have the surname Borkowski in Poland.

50. Czarnecki

A total of 39,298 people have the surname Czarnecki in Poland.

51. Sawicki

A total of 38,643 people have the surname Sawicki in Poland.

52. Kubiak

A total of 38,113 people have the surname Kubiak in Poland.

53. Sokołowski

A total of 37,821 people have the surname Sokołowski in Poland.

54. Maciejewski

A total of 37,755 people have the surname Maciejewski in Poland.

55. Urbanski

A total of 37,677 people have the surname Urbański in Poland.

56. Kucharsky

A total of 37,488 people have the surname Kucharski in Poland.

59. Lis

A total of 36,621 people have the surname Lis in Poland.

60. Mazurek

A total of 36,512 people have the surname Mazurek in Poland.

61. Kalinowski

A total of 36,398 people have the surname Kalinowski in Poland.

62. Wysocki

A total of 36,019 people have the surname Wysocki in Poland.

63. Adamski

A total of 34,398 people have the surname Adamski in Poland.

64. Wasilewski

A total of 33,869 people have the surname Wasilewski in Poland.

65. Sobczak

A total of 33,668 people have the surname Sobczak in Poland.

66. Andrzejewski

A total of 32,468 people have the surname Andrzejewski in Poland.

67. Czerwinski

A total of 32,367 people have the surname Czerwiński in Poland.

68. Cieslak

A total of 32,201 people have the surname Cieślak in Poland.

69. Zakrzewski

A total of 31,806 people have the surname Zakrzewski in Poland.

70. Sikorsky

A total of 31,571 people have the surname Sikorski in Poland.

71. Krajewski

A total of 31,302 People have the surname Krajewski in Poland.

72. Szymczak

A total of 31,261 people have the last name Szymczak in Poland.

73. Szulc

A total of 31,195 people have the surname Szulc in Poland.

74. Gajewski

A total of 31,110 people have the surname Gajewski in Poland.

75. Baranowski

A total of 30,952 people have the surname Baranowski in Poland.

76. Laskowski

A total of 30,838 people have the last name Laskowski in Poland.

77. Makowski

A total of 30,742 people have the surname Makowski in Poland.

78. Brzezinski

A total of 30,332 people have the surname Brzeziński in Poland.

79. Przybylski

A total of 30,283 people have the last name Przybylski in Poland.

80. Borowski

A total of 30,163 people have the surname Borowski in Poland.

81. Nowacki

A total of 30,129 people have the surname Nowacki in Poland.

82. Chojnacki

A total of 29,930 people have the surname Chojnacki in Poland.

83. Domanski

A total of 29,775 people have the surname Domański in Poland.

84. Ciesielski

A total of 29,417 people have the surname Ciesielski in Poland.

85. Krupa

A total of 28,953 people have the surname Krupa in Poland.

86. Szczepaniak

A total of 28,860 people have the surname Szczepaniak in Poland.

87. Kaczmarczyk

A total of 28,666 people have the surname Kaczmarczyk in Poland.

88. Wesolowski

A total of 28,270 people have the surname Wesołowski in Poland.

89. Kowalewski

A total of 28,187 people have the surname Kowalewski in Poland.

90. Leszczynski

A total of 28,062 people have the surname Leszczyński in Poland.

91. Lipinski

A total of 27,957 people have the surname Lipiński in Poland.

92. Kozak

A total of 27,456 people have the surname Kozak in Poland.

93. Kanya

A total of 27,423 people have the surname Kania in Poland.

94. Urbaniak

A total of 27,335 people have the surname Urbaniak in Poland.

95. A lot

A total of 26,894 people have the surname Mucha in Poland.

96. Kowalik

A total of 26,870 people have the surname Kowalik in Poland.

97. Tomczak

A total of 26,817 people have the surname Tomczak in Poland.

98. Czajkowski

A total of 26,760 people have the surname Czajkowski in Poland.

99. Mikolajczyk

A total of 26,720 people have the surname Mikołajczyk in Poland.

100. Markowski

A total of 26,656 people have the surname Markowski in Poland.