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

Ossowski, 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 Ossowski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ossowski in America

Ossowski is the 57234th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ossowski surname appeared 356 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 Ossowski.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ossowski 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 Ossowski

The surname Ossowski is of Polish origin and can be traced back to the 15th century. It is derived from the Polish word 'osa', meaning 'wasp', and the suffix '-owski', which indicates belonging or association. This suggests that the name may have initially referred to someone living near a place with a large wasp population or perhaps someone who kept bees and was frequently stung.

The earliest recorded instance of the name dates back to 1487 in the city of Krakow, where a certain Stanislaw Ossowski was mentioned in a local registry. Another early reference comes from the 16th century, with a mention of Jakub Ossowski in the records of the village of Ossowo, located in the Masovian region of central Poland.

One notable bearer of the Ossowski name was Stanislaw Ossowski, a renowned Polish sociologist and philosopher who lived from 1897 to 1963. He made significant contributions to the fields of social theory and the sociology of culture, and his works, such as "Class Structure in the Social Consciousness" and "The Science of Culture", were widely influential.

Another individual of note was Michal Ossowski, a Polish mathematician and logician who lived from 1926 to 1997. He made important contributions to the field of mathematical logic and was a professor at the University of Warsaw.

In the 18th century, there was a Polish noble family with the surname Ossowski, who were landowners in the Lublin region. One member of this family, Jan Ossowski (1737-1809), was a prominent military officer who fought in the Polish-Russian War of 1792 and the Kosciuszko Uprising of 1794.

The Ossowski name can also be found in other parts of Europe, particularly in Germany and the Czech Republic, where it likely spread due to migration and intermarriage. In the Czech Republic, there was a notable Czech writer and translator named Jaroslav Ossowski (1905-1981), who was known for his translations of Polish literature into Czech.

While the Ossowski surname has its roots in Poland, it has since spread to various parts of the world, carried by Polish immigrants and their descendants. However, the name's origins can be traced back to the early modern period in Poland, where it was likely derived from an association with wasps or beekeeping.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ossowski

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

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

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