The Wasilewski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,204 people carried this name — #13,736 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 133,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,242 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Wasilewski surname
From Wasilew (place name) + -ski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wasilewski» (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
24,315 people named Wasilewski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 26,973 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 124 people named Wasilewski.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Nord.
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 98 people named Wasilewski 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
22 people named Wasilewski live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
37 people named Wasilewski 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
Wasilewski in American newspapers,
1906–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,686 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wasilewski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tadeusz Wasilewski 1795–1850 · land owner -
Edmund Wasilewski 1814–1846 · writer -
John (Vailevsky) 1864–1931 · Eastern Orthodox priest -
Zygmunt Wasilewski 1865–1948 · politician -
Tikhon Vasilevsky 1867–1926 · religious role
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 91 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wasilewski.
- Warth 932 · U.S. census
- Warther 126 · U.S. census
- Wary 176 · U.S. census
- Was 353 · U.S. census
- Wasielewski 1,551 · U.S. census
- Wasik 1,416 · U.S. census
- Wasmer 562 · U.S. census
- Wasner 245 · U.S. census
- Wasser 2,099 · U.S. census
- Wassermann 280 · U.S. census
- Wassmer 588 · U.S. census
- Wassner 188 · U.S. census
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