Jankowski surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Jankowski surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 9,060 people carried this name — #3,603 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,800 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

60,313 people named Jankowski have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 67,183 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 map

Where they live today

Masovian 10,899
Greater Poland 9,588
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 6,442
Pomeranian 5,709
Lower Silesian 3,936
Warmian-Masurian 3,839
Podlaskie 3,312
Silesian 3,168

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 653 people named Jankowski.

166 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 166
Pas-de-Calais 162
Nord 94
Saône-et-Loire 36
Moselle 26
Bas-Rhin 23
Loire 21
Paris 20
Meurthe-et-Moselle 13

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

105 people named Jankowski live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 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

Zurich 23
Basel-Landschaft 12
Vaud 8
Solothurn 8
St. Gallen 8
Bern 8
Aargau 8
Schaffhausen 6

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 29 people named Jankowski 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 Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 11
Brussels-Capital 7
Antwerp 6
Liège 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Jankowski in American newspapers,
1868–1958.

Newspaper page from Delaware Tribune carrying the name Jankowski
Delaware Tribune 1868-02-13
Newspaper page from Die Eureka Post carrying the name Jankowski
Die Eureka Post 1911-01-12
Newspaper page from The Producers News carrying the name Jankowski
The Producers News 1927-02-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,216 pages in all carry the name.

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