The Zukowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,857 people carried this name — #11,104 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 103,100 people counted. That is down 4% from 2,988 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Zukowski surname
From Polish Żukowski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zukowski» (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
12,762 people named Zukowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 14,369 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 Podlaskie.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 118 people named Zukowski 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Zukowski.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Paris.
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
35 people named Zukowski 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
Zukowski in American newspapers,
1910–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,262 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zukowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert K. Zukowski 1930–2015 · politician
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Angela Ann Zukowski 1945– · writer
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John Zukowski 1948– · exhibition curator
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Christine Zukowski 1989– · figure skater
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zukowski.
- Zuccaro 1,006 · U.S. census
- Zucchi 226 · U.S. census
- Zucco 951 · U.S. census
- Zucconi 281 · U.S. census
- Zuger 157 · U.S. census
- Zuk 1,180 · U.S. census
- Zuliani 162 · U.S. census
- Zumbo 371 · U.S. census
- Zumstein 404 · U.S. census
- Zundel 1,069 · U.S. census
- Zunino 459 · U.S. census
- Zurawski 1,503 · U.S. census
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