The Michalski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,914 people carried this name — #5,072 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,866 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Michalski surname
From Michały /Michał + -ski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Michalski» (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
47,674 people named Michalski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 53,136 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 465 people named Michalski.
118 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 64 people named Michalski 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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
46 people named Michalski live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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
116 people named Michalski 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
Michalski in American newspapers,
1916–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,993 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Michalski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Józef Michalski 1834–1893 · Catholic priest -
Michał Michalski 1846–1907 · politician -
Aleksander Michalski 1855–1904 · geologist -
Stanisław Michalski 1865–1949 · engineer -
Jerzy Michalski 1870–1956 · economist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 217 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Michalski.
- 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
- Michalowski 1,416 · 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
- Micheau 421 · U.S. census
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