The Zielinski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,087 people carried this name — #3,256 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 11,024 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Zielinski surname
A surname; one of the most popular surnames in Poland.
From various toponyms derived from zieleń (“green”) + -ski (surname-forming suffix).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Zielinski» (English) and «Zieliński» (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
80,204 people named Zielinski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 89,590 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 614 people named Zielinski.
190 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 196 people named Zielinski 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
91 people named Zielinski live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 56 people named Zielinski live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
474 people named Zielinski are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Zielinski in American newspapers,
1907–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,256 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zielinski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Szilárd Zielinski 1860–1924 · architect -
Teofil Zieliński 1895–1940 · military officer -
Siegfried Zielinski 1951– · writer -
Christoph Zielinski 1952– · physician -
Chad Zielinski 1964– · Catholic priest -
Sylwester Zielinski 1781–1853 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 71 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zielinski.
- Ziad 159 · U.S. census
- Zieba 781 · U.S. census
- Ziegelmeyer 138 · U.S. census
- Zieger 462 · U.S. census
- Ziegler 25,351 · U.S. census
- Zielinska 134 · U.S. census
- Zigler 2,019 · U.S. census
- Zill 439 · U.S. census
- Ziller 605 · U.S. census
- Zilli 210 · U.S. census
- Zilliox 284 · U.S. census
- Zimmer 17,146 · U.S. census
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