The Sokolowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,139 people carried this name — #7,988 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,035 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sokolowski surname
From Sokołów + -ski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Sokolowski» (English) and «Sokołowski» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
30,454 people named Sokolowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 33,827 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 137 people named Sokolowski.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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
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 81 people named Sokolowski 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
27 people named Sokolowski live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
72 people named Sokolowski 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
Sokolowski in American newspapers,
1888–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,715 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sokolowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Victor Sokolowski 1911–1982 · conductor -
Boleslas Sokolowski 1847–1900 · painter
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Ernst Sokolowski 1864–1914 · psychiatrist
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Adam Sokolowski 1875–1951 · teacher
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Felicia Grünbaum 1880–1943
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Ben Sokolowski 1901– · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 31 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sokolowski.
- Soisson 367 · U.S. census
- Soja 724 · U.S. census
- Sojka 1,214 · U.S. census
- Sok 4,569 · U.S. census
- Sokol 5,559 · U.S. census
- Sokoloff 853 · U.S. census
- Sol 1,044 · U.S. census
- Sola 2,218 · U.S. census
- Solana 663 · U.S. census
- Solano 24,881 · U.S. census
- Solari 1,994 · U.S. census
- Solas 260 · U.S. census
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