The Kurowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,717 people carried this name — #16,679 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,672 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
15,203 people named Kurowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 16,678 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 83 people named Kurowski.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Kurowski live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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
20 people named Kurowski 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
Kurowski in American newspapers,
1892–1898.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,239 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kurowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mikołaj Kurowski 1355–1411 · politician -
Jan Nepomucen Kurowski 1783–1866 · agronomist -
Apolinary Kurowski 1818–1878 · politician -
Apolinary Kurowski 1818–1878 · politician
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Piotr Kurowski d. 1463 · politician
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Stanisław Kurowski d. 1971 · peasant
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kurowski.
- Kupczyk 322 · U.S. census
- Kupfer 1,190 · U.S. census
- Kupiec 918 · U.S. census
- Kupper 691 · U.S. census
- Kuras 801 · U.S. census
- Kurek 1,703 · U.S. census
- Kurt 1,542 · U.S. census
- Kurtz 24,216 · U.S. census
- Kury 334 · U.S. census
- Kurz 3,874 · U.S. census
- Kurzawa 394 · U.S. census
- Kus 936 · U.S. census
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