The Rutkowski surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,773 people carried this name — #4,776 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,800 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
38,224 people named Rutkowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 42,656 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 246 people named Rutkowski.
73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Rutkowski live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Rutkowski live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Rutkowski in American newspapers,
1932–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,058 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rutkowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leonid Rutkovsky 1858–1920 · philosopher -
Antoni Rutkowski 1859–1886 · composer -
Maksymilian Rutkowski 1867–1947 · physician -
Jan Rutkowski 1881–1940 · painter -
Aleksander Rutkowski 1884–1966 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 151 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rutkowski.
- Rustan 254 · U.S. census
- Ruster 216 · U.S. census
- Rusterholz 106 · U.S. census
- Ruta 662 · U.S. census
- Ruth 15,481 · U.S. census
- Rutigliano 994 · U.S. census
- Rutten 899 · U.S. census
- Rutter 7,014 · U.S. census
- Ruys 144 · U.S. census
- Ruz 394 · U.S. census
- Ryan 139,335 · U.S. census
- Rybak 1,882 · U.S. census
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