The Michalowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,416 people carried this name — #19,177 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,367 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Michalowski surname
From Michałów + -ski (surname-forming suffix).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Michalowski» (English) and «Michałowski» (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
12,618 people named Michalowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 13,938 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 128 people named Michalowski.
28 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 55 people named Michalowski 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
35 people named Michalowski 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 Michalowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Israel Michalowski 1831–1911 · hazzan -
Leo Michalowski 1909– · Catholic priest -
Rebeka Michalowski 1858–1942
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Jakob Michalowski 1867–1944
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Anna Michalowski 1869–1943
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Johanna Michalowski 1870–1942
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Michalowski.
- Michaeli 165 · U.S. census
- Michaelis 3,222 · U.S. census
- Michal 865 · U.S. census
- Michalak 3,983 · U.S. census
- Michalek 1,991 · U.S. census
- Michalik 1,687 · U.S. census
- Michalski 6,914 · U.S. census
- Michas 184 · U.S. census
- Michau 264 · U.S. census
- Michaud 14,910 · U.S. census
- Michaux 761 · U.S. census
- Miche 109 · U.S. census
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