The Borowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,821 people carried this name — #8,609 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted. That is down 3% from 3,943 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Borowski surname
From various toponyms derived from bór (“conifer forest”) + -ski (surname-forming suffix).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Borowski» (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
22,573 people named Borowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 25,176 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 175 people named Borowski.
50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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 145 people named Borowski 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 Misiones.
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
32 people named Borowski live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 Borowski 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
Borowski in American newspapers,
1896–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,731 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Borowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pafnuzio di Borovsk 1394–1477 · monk -
Ludwig Ernst Borowski 1740–1831 · bishop -
Beniamin Skarbek Borowski d. 1740
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Aleksander Borowski d. 1757
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Stanisław Borowski d. 1691
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Pafnuzio di Borovsk 1394–1477 · monk
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Borowski.
- Borner 773 · U.S. census
- Bornes 206 · U.S. census
- Boron 924 · U.S. census
- Borowczyk 109 · U.S. census
- Borowiak 624 · U.S. census
- Borowiec 504 · U.S. census
- Borr 252 · U.S. census
- Borra 452 · U.S. census
- Borras 642 · U.S. census
- Borre 411 · U.S. census
- Borrego 6,772 · U.S. census
- Borrell 893 · U.S. census
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