Find out how popular the last name Borowski is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Borowski.

Borowski, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Borowski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Borowski in America

Borowski is the 8609th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Borowski surname appeared 3,821 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Borowski.

We can also compare 2010 data for Borowski to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Borowski

The surname Borowski originates from Poland, emerging in the medieval period around the 13th century. It is derived from the Polish word "bor," which means "pine forest" or "coniferous trees," suggesting that the name's earliest bearers may have resided in or near a pine forest or worked in forestry-related occupations.

The name is believed to have originated in the region of Mazovia, central Poland, where many early records of the surname can be found. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name is in a 1357 document from the town of Płock, which mentions a person named "Marcin Borowski."

In the 15th century, the name appears in the Metryka Koronna, a collection of official documents from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. A notable entry is Jan Borowski, a landowner from the Kalisz region mentioned in a document dated 1478.

The Borowski surname can also be found in the famous Bychawski Chronicle, a 16th-century manuscript chronicling the history of the town of Bychawa. This document mentions a local nobleman named Mikołaj Borowski, who lived in the late 15th century.

One of the earliest prominent figures with the surname was Andrzej Borowski, a Polish Renaissance poet and translator born in 1534. He is best known for his translations of ancient Greek and Roman works into Polish.

Another notable individual was Stanisław Borowski, a 17th-century Polish nobleman and military leader who fought in the Polish-Swedish War (1655-1660). He was born in 1628 and served as a colonel in the Polish army.

In the 18th century, Franciszek Borowski (1748-1828) was a Polish historian and numismatist who made significant contributions to the study of Polish coins and medals.

The 19th century saw the rise of Tadeusz Borowski (1822-1901), a Polish writer and journalist who founded several newspapers and advocated for Polish independence during the partitions of Poland.

In the 20th century, the name gained international recognition through the works of writer and Holocaust survivor Tadeusz Borowski (1922-1951), whose short stories, such as "This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen," depicted the atrocities of Nazi concentration camps.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Borowski

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Borowski.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Borowski was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Borowski has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Borowski was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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