The Bukowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,487 people carried this name — #9,338 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,409 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bukowski surname
From buk (“beech”) + -ski (surname-forming suffix).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bukowski» (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
14,895 people named Bukowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 16,555 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 135 people named Bukowski.
45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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 29 people named Bukowski 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
67 people named Bukowski 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).
Who carried it
People named Bukowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Zygmunt Bukowski d. 2006 · painter
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Jan Bukowski d. 1769
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Jerzy Bukowski d. 1757
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Józef Bukowski d. 1744
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Józef Bukowski d. 1942
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Józef Bukowski d. 1918
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bukowski.
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