The Wolski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,965 people carried this name — #15,033 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,008 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
19,079 people named Wolski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 21,119 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 100 people named Wolski.
32 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 55 people named Wolski 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 Misiones.
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 Wolski 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
43 people named Wolski 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
Wolski in American newspapers,
1896–1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,596 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wolski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mikołaj Wolski 1490–1567 · Catholic priest -
Stanisław Wolski 1523–1566
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Mikołaj Wolski 1553–1630 · diplomat -
Krzysztof Wolski d. 2022 · researcher
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Mikołaj Wolski d. 1548 · politician
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Kazimierz Wolski d. 1863 · soldier
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wolski.
- Wolff 21,815 · U.S. census
- Wolfs 121 · U.S. census
- Woll 1,493 · U.S. census
- Wolle 348 · U.S. census
- Wolny 321 · U.S. census
- Woloszyn 798 · U.S. census
- Wolter 4,511 · U.S. census
- Wong 111,371 · U.S. census
- Wonner 130 · U.S. census
- Woock 240 · U.S. census
- Wood 250,715 · U.S. census
- Woods 177,425 · U.S. census
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