The Dobrowolski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,110 people carried this name — #23,019 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,125 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
15,901 people named Dobrowolski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 17,719 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 110 people named Dobrowolski.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Nord.
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 the Nordic population registers
42 people named Dobrowolski 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 Dobrowolski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franciszek Dobrowolski 1830–1896 · editing staff -
Vladimir Dobrovolsky 1834–1877 · military officer -
Vladimir Dobrovolsky 1834–1877 · military officer
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Adam Doliwa Dobrowolski 1860–1921 · journalist -
Józef Dobrowolski d. 1917
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Józef Dobrowolski d. 1844
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dobrowolski.
When the index is not enough
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