Explore the Family Name Perkowski

The meaning of Perkowski

Polish: habitational name for someone from Perkowice in Podlaskie Voivodeship or Perkowo in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Greater Poland voivodeships. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Bogdan, Tadeusz, Janusz, Casimir, Iwona, Jozef, Lucjan, Lucyna, Mariusz, Miroslaw, Piotr, Slawomir.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Perkowski has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 19,657th and by 2010, it had fallen to 20,829th, marking a 5.96% decline. The actual count of individuals with this surname also showed a negligible reduction, with 1,269 people in 2000 dropping to 1,267 in 2010. This represented a tiny decrease of 0.16%. The proportion of people named Perkowski per 100,000 population reduced as well, from 0.47 in 2000 to 0.43 in 2010, equating to an 8.51% drop.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,657	#20,829	-5.96%
Count	1,269	1,267	-0.16%
Proportion per 100k	0.47	0.43	-8.51%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Perkowski

Looking at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Perkowski, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that most bearers of this name identify as White. In 2000, this percentage was 97.95 and it saw only a small downward shift to 97.71 in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic showed a significant increase from 0.63 in 2000 to 1.18 in 2010, an impressive growth of 87.30%. However, Black individuals bearing the Perkowski name vanished from 0.71 percent in 2000 to zero in 2010. There were no changes in representation among Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaskan Native groups between these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.95%	97.71%	-0.25%
Hispanic	0.63%	1.18%	87.3%
Two or More Races	0.63%	0.63%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0.71%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%