The Pawlowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,332 people carried this name — #6,384 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,274 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pawlowski surname
A surname from Polish.
Borrowed from Polish Pawłowski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pawlowski» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
48,642 people named Pawlowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 54,307 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 449 people named Pawlowski.
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 96 people named Pawlowski 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
73 people named Pawlowski live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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
192 people named Pawlowski 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
Pawlowski in American newspapers,
1887–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,612 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pawlowski.
- Pawelczyk 431 · U.S. census
- Pawelec 190 · U.S. census
- Pawlaczyk 301 · U.S. census
- Pawlak 4,127 · U.S. census
- Pawlicki 823 · U.S. census
- Pawlik 1,763 · U.S. census
- Pax 350 · U.S. census
- Pay 854 · U.S. census
- Paya 190 · U.S. census
- Payan 6,443 · U.S. census
- Payant 262 · U.S. census
- Paye 918 · U.S. census
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