Sobkowiak surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Sobkowiak surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 358 people carried this name — #56,972 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 336 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

3,489 people named Sobkowiak have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 3,841 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 2,242
Lower Silesian 230
West Pomeranian 192
Lubusz 190
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 154
Masovian 134
Silesian 118
Pomeranian 76

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 83 people named Sobkowiak.

26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 26
Pas-de-Calais 26
Nord 18
Côte-d’Or 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Loire 1
Gard 1
Oise 1
Puy-de-Dôme 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 28 people named Sobkowiak 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 Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 16
Limburg 12

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Sobkowiak,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Franciszek Sobkowiak
    Franciszek Sobkowiak 1913–1942 · association football player
  • Franciszek Sobkowiak
    Franciszek Sobkowiak 1914–1942 · association football player
  • Edmund Sobkowiak
    Edmund Sobkowiak 1914–1988 · boxer
  • Antoni Sobkowiak 1881–
  • Katarsyna Sobkowiak 1886–
  • Franz Sobkowiak 1890–

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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