The Kalinowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,951 people carried this name — #8,377 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,860 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kalinowski surname
From Kalinowa, Kalinowo, or Kalinów (place names) + -ski. Place names from kalina (“viburnum”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kalinowski» (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
28,502 people named Kalinowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 31,653 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 159 people named Kalinowski.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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 42 people named Kalinowski 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Kalinowski live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
83 people named Kalinowski 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).
In print
Kalinowski in American newspapers,
1921–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,332 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kalinowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcin Kalinowski 1605–1652 · diplomat -
Kajetan Dominik Kalinowski 1775–1828 · economist -
Raphael Kalinowski 1835–1907 · military personnel -
Konstanty Kalinowski 1838–1864 · writer -
Jan Kalinowski 1857–1941 · naturalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 127 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kalinowski.
- Kalai 169 · U.S. census
- Kalanquin 111 · U.S. census
- Kalaydjian 167 · U.S. census
- Kalb 2,853 · U.S. census
- Kaleta 909 · U.S. census
- Kali 287 · U.S. census
- Kalinski 487 · U.S. census
- Kalis 1,125 · U.S. census
- Kalita 460 · U.S. census
- Kalk 573 · U.S. census
- Kalmes 322 · U.S. census
- Kaloustian 279 · U.S. census
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