Explore the Family Name Bielawski

The meaning of Bielawski

Polish: habitational name for someone from any of various places called Bielawy or Bielawa. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Jerzy, Tadeusz, Jacek, Jaroslaw, Aleksander, Andrzej, Bogdan, Darek, Janusz, Karol, Kazimierz, Ludwika.

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How common is the last name Bielawski in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Bielawski saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 22,132 in terms of commonality and fell to 23,414 in 2010, representing a drop of 5.79%. There were approximately 1,090 individuals with this last name in 2000, which marginally decreased to 1,086 by 2010. Furthermore, the proportion of people with the surname Bielawski per 100k people also decreased from 0.4 to 0.37, marking a decline of 7.5%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,132	#23,414	-5.79%
Count	1,090	1,086	-0.37%
Proportion per 100k	0.4	0.37	-7.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bielawski

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Bielawski also underwent some changes between 2000 and 2010 as per the data from the Decennial U.S. Census. Individuals identifying as white made up the majority, with 97.16% in 2000 and 97.05% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Asian or Pacific Islander significantly decreased from 0.83% to 0.46%, while the number of people identifying as two or more races modestly increased from 1.10% to 1.20%. Interestingly, Hispanic representation doubled from 0.46% to 0.92%. There was no recorded change in the percentage of American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Black individuals with this surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.16%	97.05%	-0.11%
Two or More Races	1.1%	1.2%	9.09%
Hispanic	0.46%	0.92%	100%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.83%	0.46%	-44.58%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%