The Orlowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,208 people carried this name — #10,041 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 91,700 people counted. That is down 3% from 3,307 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
19,717 people named Orlowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 22,059 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 120 people named Orlowski.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Paris.
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 60 people named Orlowski 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Orlowski live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
52 people named Orlowski 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
Orlowski in American newspapers,
1925–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,001 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Orlowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alice Orlowski 1903–1976 · concentration camp guard
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Carl Orlowski 1851–1911 · farmer
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Micislas Orlowski 1865–1929
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Hans Orlowski 1894–1967 · painter
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Peter Orlowski 1911–1993 · jurist
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Ryszard Orlowski 1934–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Orlowski.
- Orio 301 · U.S. census
- Oriol 607 · U.S. census
- Orion 219 · U.S. census
- Orlandi 1,072 · U.S. census
- Orlandini 330 · U.S. census
- Orlando 12,586 · U.S. census
- Oros 2,512 · U.S. census
- Orosco 8,313 · U.S. census
- Orozco 65,904 · U.S. census
- Ors 126 · U.S. census
- Orsatti 214 · U.S. census
- Orsetti 100 · U.S. census
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