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

Gutowski, 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 Gutowski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gutowski in America

Gutowski is the 11578th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gutowski surname appeared 2,715 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 Gutowski.

We can also compare 2010 data for Gutowski 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 Gutowski

The surname Gutowski is of Polish origin, derived from the Polish word "gut" meaning "estate" or "manor." It is believed to have originated in the 16th or 17th century as a name given to someone who lived on or owned a particular estate or manor.

The earliest recorded instances of the name Gutowski can be found in historical documents and records from various regions of Poland, such as the Wielkopolska and Małopolska regions. The name was often associated with landed gentry and nobility who owned estates in these areas.

In the 18th century, the name Gutowski appeared in several Polish chronicles and manuscripts, including the "Metryka Koronna" (Crown Metrica), which was a collection of official records and documents from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

One of the earliest known individuals with the surname Gutowski was Jan Gutowski, a Polish nobleman who lived in the late 16th century. He was a landowner and held various administrative positions in the region of Wielkopolska.

Another notable figure was Franciszek Gutowski (1725-1805), a Polish military officer and landowner who served in the Polish Army during the reign of King Stanisław August Poniatowski.

The name Gutowski was also associated with the noble Gutowski family, which owned estates in the Kalisz region of Poland. Members of this family included Józef Gutowski (1805-1876), a Polish politician and landowner, and his son, Władysław Gutowski (1829-1900), a renowned Polish writer and translator.

In the 19th century, the name Gutowski spread beyond Poland as Polish immigrants and their descendants settled in other parts of Europe and the Americas. Individuals with this surname can be found in historical records and documents from countries such as Germany, the United States, and Canada.

One notable example from this period is Kazimierz Gutowski (1863-1924), a Polish-American businessman and philanthropist who founded the Gutowski Furniture Company in Chicago, Illinois.

Throughout its history, the surname Gutowski has been associated with various place names and locations in Poland, reflecting the estates and manors from which it originated. These include places like Gutowo, Gutowice, and Gutów, among others.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gutowski

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

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

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