The Sowinski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,695 people carried this name — #16,839 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,703).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sowinski surname
From Polish Sowiński.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sowinski» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
12,039 people named Sowinski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 13,295 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 86 people named Sowinski.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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 the Nordic population registers
26 people named Sowinski 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
Sowinski in American newspapers,
1888–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,199 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sowinski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Sowinski 1885– · painter
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Arnold Sowinski 1931–2020 · association football player
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Bernhard Sowinski 1931–2005 · university teacher
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Ania Sowinski 1979– · actor
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Kaitlin Sowinski 1986– · basketball player
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Erik Sowinski 1989– · athletics competitor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sowinski.
- Souris 227 · U.S. census
- Sous 345 · U.S. census
- Sousa 15,377 · U.S. census
- Souza 22,373 · U.S. census
- Sow 1,984 · U.S. census
- Sowa 2,729 · U.S. census
- Soyer 201 · U.S. census
- Sozzi 185 · U.S. census
- Spach 373 · U.S. census
- Spack 412 · U.S. census
- Spada 1,887 · U.S. census
- Spadafora 1,300 · U.S. census
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