The Baranowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,961 people carried this name — #10,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 100,000 people counted. That is down 7% from 3,167 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Baranowski surname
From Baranów + -ski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Baranowski» (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
23,172 people named Baranowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 25,757 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 Masovian.
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 171 people named Baranowski.
48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 71 people named Baranowski 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Baranowski live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 the Nordic population registers
56 people named Baranowski 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
Baranowski in American newspapers,
1903–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,683 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Baranowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wojciech Baranowski-Jastrze̜biec 1548–1616 · diplomat -
Wojciech Baranowski-Jastrze̜biec 1548–1615 · diplomat
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Wojciech Baranowski-Jastrze̜biec 1548–1616 · diplomat
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Wojciech Baranowski-Jastrze̜biec 1548–1615 · diplomat
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Albrycht Baranowski d. 1640 · starosta
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Jan Baranowski d. 1634
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Baranowski.
- Barada 304 · U.S. census
- Baraka 221 · U.S. census
- Baral 677 · U.S. census
- Baraldi 149 · U.S. census
- Baran 6,640 · U.S. census
- Baranek 575 · U.S. census
- Baranski 1,231 · U.S. census
- Baras 217 · U.S. census
- Barat 238 · U.S. census
- Barata 309 · U.S. census
- Barats 120 · U.S. census
- Baratta 1,994 · U.S. census
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