The Chmielewski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,449 people carried this name — #9,431 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,421 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Chmielewski surname
Habitational surname from any of various places called Chmielew or Chmielewo + -ski, from chmiel (“hop”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary — entry «Chmielewski» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
31,686 people named Chmielewski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 34,797 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 153 people named Chmielewski.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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 51 people named Chmielewski 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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
20 people named Chmielewski live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Chmielewski in American newspapers,
1918–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,128 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chmielewski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Józef Chmielewski 1842–1900 · pedagogue -
Józef Chmielewski 1849–1924 · photographer -
Zygmunt Chmielewski 1873–1939 · politician -
Henryk Chmielewski 1882–1920 · school teacher -
Czesław Chmielewski 1887–1939 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 132 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chmielewski.
- Chiocca 185 · U.S. census
- Chiodi 316 · U.S. census
- Chiotti 182 · U.S. census
- Chira 264 · U.S. census
- Chiri 164 · U.S. census
- Chmiel 1,690 · U.S. census
- Chojnacki 1,630 · U.S. census
- Chol 384 · U.S. census
- Cholewa 663 · U.S. census
- Chollet 143 · U.S. census
- Chon 3,643 · U.S. census
- Chong 15,146 · U.S. census
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