The Paradowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 479 people carried this name — #44,808 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (477).
In Poland’s population register
4,572 people named Paradowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,020 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 53 people named Paradowski.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Aisne.
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 print
Paradowski in American newspapers,
1903–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 319 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Paradowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Janusz Paradowski 1930–2013 · athlete
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Zbigniew Paradowski 1932– · rower
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Janina Paradowska 1942–2016 · journalist
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Leszek Paradowski 1946–2026 · physician
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Ryszard Paradowski 1946– · political scientist
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Clément Paradowski 1962– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paradowski.
- Para 1,157 · U.S. census
- Parache 196 · U.S. census
- Parachini 115 · U.S. census
- Parada 8,649 · U.S. census
- Paradis 6,113 · U.S. census
- Paradiso 1,865 · U.S. census
- Paran 204 · U.S. census
- Parascandola 194 · U.S. census
- Paray 163 · U.S. census
- Paraz 104 · U.S. census
- Parce 136 · U.S. census
- Parde 302 · U.S. census
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