The Majewski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,126 people carried this name — #6,609 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,109).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Majewski surname
From Majewo (place name) + -ski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Majewski» (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
43,112 people named Majewski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 47,995 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 208 people named Majewski.
73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 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
59 people named Majewski live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Majewski 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 Antwerp.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 34 people named Majewski 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 the Nordic population registers
172 people named Majewski are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Majewski in American newspapers,
1924–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,794 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Majewski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Walenty Skorochód-Majewski 1764–1835 · notary -
Sergey Maevsky 1779–1848 · military personnel -
Wincenty Majewski 1807–1888 · lawyer -
Urban Majewski 1818–1872 · firefighter -
Karl Jakovlevich Maevski 1822–1897 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 216 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Majewski.
- Maiz 176 · U.S. census
- Maj 470 · U.S. census
- Majcher 605 · U.S. census
- Majchrzak 709 · U.S. census
- Majer 483 · U.S. census
- Majerus 1,276 · U.S. census
- Majka 1,571 · U.S. census
- Major 20,977 · U.S. census
- Maka 636 · U.S. census
- Makhlouf 404 · U.S. census
- Makowski 3,942 · U.S. census
- Maksimovic 201 · U.S. census
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