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

Gawlik, 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 Gawlik surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gawlik in America

Gawlik is the 20248th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gawlik surname appeared 1,314 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Gawlik.

We can also compare 2010 data for Gawlik 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 Gawlik

The surname Gawlik originates from Poland, where it first emerged in the Middle Ages, around the 13th or 14th century. It is a Polish form of the German surname Göbel, which is derived from the Germanic personal name Gebehardus or Gebhart.

The name Gawlik is believed to have originated in the region of Silesia, which was historically part of Poland but is now largely located in southwestern Poland and the Czech Republic. The name may have been initially associated with a person who lived in or came from a particular town or village.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Gawlik can be found in the Księga Henrykowska (Book of Henryków), a medieval manuscript from the 14th century that contains records of land ownership and legal transactions in the Silesian region. The name is also mentioned in other historical documents from the 15th and 16th centuries, such as court records and parish registers.

Notable individuals with the surname Gawlik throughout history include Maciej Gawlik (1609-1681), a Polish Jesuit priest and philosopher who taught at the University of Krakow. Another notable figure was Jan Gawlik (1741-1801), a Polish painter and engraver known for his religious works and portraits.

In the 19th century, Franciszek Gawlik (1826-1896) was a Polish writer and journalist who published several works on Polish history and culture. Another individual of note was Stanisław Gawlik (1882-1968), a Polish politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Polish Sejm (parliament) in the interwar period.

More recently, Andrzej Gawlik (1935-2017) was a Polish linguist and scholar of Old Church Slavonic, who made significant contributions to the study of Slavic languages and their historical development.

While the surname Gawlik is most commonly found in Poland, it has also spread to other parts of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as to countries with significant Polish diaspora communities, such as the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gawlik

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

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 Gawlik 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 Gawlik 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 Gawlik was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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