The Borkowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,212 people carried this name — #7,857 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,171 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
31,244 people named Borkowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 34,441 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 143 people named Borkowski.
40 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 57 people named Borkowski 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
84 people named Borkowski 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
Borkowski in American newspapers,
1904–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,550 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Borkowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bazyli Dunin-Borkowski 1640–1702 · military personnel -
Franciszek Borkowski 1803–1871 · military personnel -
Józef Dunin-Borkowski 1809–1843 · poet -
Leszek Dunin-Borkowski 1811–1896 · writer -
Carl von Borkowski 1829–1905 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 189 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Borkowski.
- Borie 262 · U.S. census
- Borin 373 · U.S. census
- Borio 174 · U.S. census
- Boris 2,780 · U.S. census
- Borja 7,618 · U.S. census
- Borjon 863 · U.S. census
- Borla 175 · U.S. census
- Bormann 1,914 · U.S. census
- Born 6,771 · U.S. census
- Borne 3,087 · U.S. census
- Borner 773 · U.S. census
- Bornes 206 · U.S. census
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