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

Pawlowicz, 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 Pawlowicz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pawlowicz in America

Pawlowicz is the 42937th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pawlowicz surname appeared 504 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 Pawlowicz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pawlowicz 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 Pawlowicz

The surname PAWLOWICZ originated in Poland and is derived from the male given name Pawel, which is the Polish form of Paul. The name is a patronymic, meaning it was originally used to denote the son of a man named Pawel.

The earliest recorded instances of the PAWLOWICZ surname date back to the 15th century in various regions of Poland, including the areas around Krakow and Poznan. It was often spelled as PAWLOWICZ, PAWŁOWICZ, or PAWLOWITZ in historical records.

In the 16th century, the name PAWLOWICZ appeared in the records of the Krakow Voivodeship, which was an administrative region in southern Poland. One notable bearer of the name during this time was Jan PAWLOWICZ, a merchant and landowner who lived in the town of Tarnow in the late 1500s.

The PAWLOWICZ surname has also been linked to various place names in Poland, such as the village of Pawłowice in the Opole Voivodeship, and the town of Pawłowiczki in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. These place names likely originated from the personal name Pawel or Pawlow, which was a derivative of Pawel.

In the 17th century, the PAWLOWICZ surname was found in the records of the Lublin Voivodeship in eastern Poland. One notable bearer of the name during this time was Stanisław PAWLOWICZ, a landowner and military officer who fought in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's wars against Sweden and Russia.

Another historical figure with the PAWLOWICZ surname was Kazimierz PAWLOWICZ, a Polish mathematician and astronomer who lived in the late 18th century. He was born in 1756 and worked as a professor at the University of Krakow, making significant contributions to the fields of trigonometry and celestial mechanics.

In the 19th century, the PAWLOWICZ surname was widely distributed throughout various regions of Poland, including the areas around Warsaw, Lublin, and Krakow. One notable bearer of the name during this time was Józef PAWLOWICZ, a Polish painter and illustrator who was born in 1818 and is known for his landscape and genre paintings.

The PAWLOWICZ surname has also been found in historical records from other Slavic countries, such as Belarus and Ukraine, as well as in countries with significant Polish diaspora communities, like the United States and Canada. This is likely due to the migration of Polish families bearing the name over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pawlowicz

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

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

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