The Adamski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,566 people carried this name — #9,149 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,600 people counted. That is down 2% from 3,629 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Adamski surname
From Adam + -ski (surname-forming suffix).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Adamski» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
22,519 people named Adamski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 25,262 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 331 people named Adamski.
81 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
53 people named Adamski live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 26 people named Adamski live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
29 people named Adamski is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Adamski in American newspapers,
1918–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,181 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Adamski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Walenty Adamski 1845–1938 -
Stanisław Adamski 1875–1967 · bishop -
Wojciech Maksymilian Adamski 1796–1841 · physician
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Wojciech Maksymilian Adamski 1796–1841 · physician
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Maximilianus Joseph Adalbertus Andreas Antonius Adamski 1796–1841 · botanist
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Jan Adamski 1841–1918 · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Adamski.
- Adamek 1,307 · U.S. census
- Adami 796 · U.S. census
- Adamiak 346 · U.S. census
- Adamkiewicz 253 · U.S. census
- Adamo 3,647 · U.S. census
- Adams 427,865 · U.S. census
- Adamy 287 · U.S. census
- Adan 3,564 · U.S. census
- Addi 201 · U.S. census
- Ade 1,418 · U.S. census
- Adel 571 · U.S. census
- Adell 667 · U.S. census
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