Explore the Family Name Kolakowski

The meaning of Kolakowski

Polish (Kołakowski): habitational name for someone fromKołaki, Kołakowo, or Kołaków. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Jaroslaw, Jerzy, Kazimierz, Leszek, Stanislaw, Tadeusz, Waclaw, Wieslaw, Wojiech, Zdzislaw, Zygmunt.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Kolakowski was ranked 18,551 in popularity in the year 2000 and it slightly dropped to 19,671 in 2010, indicating a 6.04 percent decrease. The count of people with this surname also experienced a slight decline from 1,372 in 2000 to 1,370 in 2010, meaning there was a 0.15 percent decrease. The proportion of individuals with the Kolakowski surname per 100,000 people also decreased by 9.8 percent from 0.51 in 2000 to 0.46 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#18,551	#19,671	-6.04%
Count	1,372	1,370	-0.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.51	0.46	-9.8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kolakowski

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Kolakowski identify as White, though there has been a 1.79 percent decrease from 2000 to 2010. However, there have been increases in other ethnic identities. Those identifying as two or more races increased by 121.21 percent, while those identifying as Hispanic saw a 60.27 percent increase. There was also a slight increase of 25.86 percent among American Indians and Alaskan Natives. It's worth noting that no individuals with the surname Kolakowski identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.74%	95.99%	-1.79%
Two or More Races	0.66%	1.46%	121.21%
Hispanic	0.73%	1.17%	60.27%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.58%	0.73%	25.86%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%