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

Szablewski, 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 Szablewski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Szablewski in America

Szablewski is the 57101st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Szablewski surname appeared 357 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 Szablewski.

We can also compare 2010 data for Szablewski 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 Szablewski

The surname Szablewski originated in Poland. It is a Polish habitational name derived from the place name Szablew or Szablewice, both located in the Kujawy region of central Poland. These place names are believed to have stemmed from the Polish word "szabla" meaning "sabre" or "sword".

Szablewski is a topographic name, referring to someone who lived near a place associated with swords or sword-making. The earliest known records of this surname date back to the 15th century in the historic region of Greater Poland.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Szablewski name is found in the Akta Grodzkie records from the town of Radziejów in 1438, which mentions a certain Jan Szablewski. These Akta Grodzkie were official court records kept by local Polish nobility.

In the 16th century, a notable Szablewski was Bartłomiej Szablewski, a Polish nobleman and landowner from the Kuyavian region, who was documented in the Metryka Koronna, a collection of royal decrees and charters from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Another historical figure with this surname was Maciej Szablewski, a 17th century Polish priest and theologian who authored several religious texts and served as a parish priest in the town of Bydgoszcz.

The Szablewski name also appears in the 19th century Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland), which mentions several villages and landholdings owned by families with this surname in the regions of Kuyavia and Greater Poland.

Prominent individuals with the Szablewski surname include Władysław Szablewski (1841-1921), a Polish painter and professor of art, and Witold Szablewski (1925-2018), a Polish composer and conductor who was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest civilian honor.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Szablewski

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

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

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