The Sosnowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,844 people carried this name — #15,792 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,880 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sosnowski surname
Sosnowa, Sosnowe, Sosnowo, Sosnów) derived from sosna (“pine tree”) + -ski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sosnowski» (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
17,204 people named Sosnowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 18,927 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 114 people named Sosnowski.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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 42 people named Sosnowski 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 the Nordic population registers
22 people named Sosnowski 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
Sosnowski in American newspapers,
1916–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,452 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sosnowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Józef Sylwester Sosnowski 1710–1783 · diplomat -
Tomasz Oskar Sosnowski 1810–1886 · sculptor -
Tomasz Oskar Sosnowski 1810–1886 · sculptor
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Jan Sosnowski d. 1660 · castellan
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Piotr Sosnowski 1731–1853 · military personnel
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Feliks Sosnowski 1806–1871 · canon
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sosnowski.
- Soroka 1,478 · U.S. census
- Sorondo 228 · U.S. census
- Sorrel 259 · U.S. census
- Sorrenti 373 · U.S. census
- Sorrentino 4,956 · U.S. census
- Sory 258 · U.S. census
- Sot 194 · U.S. census
- Soter 553 · U.S. census
- Soto 144,451 · U.S. census
- Sottile 1,415 · U.S. census
- Sotto 649 · U.S. census
- Sou 982 · U.S. census
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