The Lisowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,670 people carried this name — #17,014 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,645 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lisowski surname
From Lisowa, Lisowo, Lisów, or Lisowice (place names) + -ski. Place names from lis (“fox”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lisowski» (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
13,925 people named Lisowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 15,435 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 Holy Cross.
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 99 people named Lisowski.
36 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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Lisowski 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 Lisowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Herakliusz Lissowski 1734–1809 · Catholic priest -
Nikolay Lisovsky 1854–1920 · university teacher -
Wincenty Lisowski 1855–1918 · physician -
Franciszek Lisowski 1876–1939 · Catholic priest -
Aleksander Józef Lisowski 1580–1616 · military personnel
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Stanisław Lisowski 1820–1852 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lisowski.
- Lise 133 · U.S. census
- Lisi 1,910 · U.S. census
- Lisiecki 548 · U.S. census
- Liska 2,679 · U.S. census
- Lisle 1,809 · U.S. census
- Lison 242 · U.S. census
- Liss 3,472 · U.S. census
- Lisse 112 · U.S. census
- Lissy 272 · U.S. census
- List 3,814 · U.S. census
- Litalien 522 · U.S. census
- Litt 1,183 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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