The Grabowska surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 187 people carried this name — #97,210 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 36% from 137 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Grabowska.
Most of them — 62 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 26 people named Grabowska live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
69 people named Grabowska 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 Grabowska,
with a public archive behind them.
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Aleksandra Grabowska 1771–1789 -
Olimpia Grabowska 1788–1874 · writer -
Elisabeth Grabowski 1864–1929 · writer -
Wanda Grabowska 1883–1957 · pedagogue -
Zofia Grabowska 1900–1970 · dancer -
Klementyna Grabowska 1797–1883 · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grabowska.
- Goya 700 · U.S. census
- Goyer 786 · U.S. census
- Gozzi 182 · U.S. census
- Gozzo 212 · U.S. census
- Grabe 475 · U.S. census
- Graber 12,204 · U.S. census
- Grabowski 8,877 · U.S. census
- Graby 177 · U.S. census
- Graca 629 · U.S. census
- Grace 28,098 · U.S. census
- Gracia 9,520 · U.S. census
- Gracias 398 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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