The Wesolowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,204 people carried this name — #10,059 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 91,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,251 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Wesolowski surname
Polish Wesołowski, from various placenames derived from the adjective wesoły.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wesolowski» (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
21,692 people named Wesolowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 24,129 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 Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
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 101 people named Wesolowski.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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 57 people named Wesolowski 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
21 people named Wesolowski live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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
45 people named Wesolowski 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
Wesolowski in American newspapers,
1899–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,232 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wesolowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dick Wesolowski 1945– · American football player
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Carl A Wesolowski 1949– · physician
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Saskia Wesolowski 1964– · engineer
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Alexandra Wesolowski 1985– · screenwriter
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James Wesolowski 1987– · association football player
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James Wesolowski 1987– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wesolowski.
- Werth 3,757 · U.S. census
- Wertheimer 1,116 · U.S. census
- Werts 1,993 · U.S. census
- Wertz 8,198 · U.S. census
- Wery 607 · U.S. census
- Wesolek 414 · U.S. census
- West 195,818 · U.S. census
- Wester 5,187 · U.S. census
- Westermann 761 · U.S. census
- Westermeyer 462 · U.S. census
- Westphal 7,101 · U.S. census
- Westrich 480 · U.S. census
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