Explore the Family Name Roszkowski

The meaning of Roszkowski

Polish: habitational name for someone from any of various placescalled Roszkowo, Roszków, or Roszkowice, named with the personalname Roszek. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Jadwiga, Leszek, Casimir, Henryk, Ireneusz, Jacek, Janina, Jerzy, Krzysztof, Mieczyslaw, Miroslaw, Piotr.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Roszkowski has maintained a steady level of popularity in the United States between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname slightly improved from 35153 in 2000 to 35147 in 2010, with a marginal change rate of 0.02. The count of people carrying this surname increased by 5.6 percent during the same period, growing from 607 in 2000 to 641 in 2010. Despite this increase, the proportion per 100k inhabitants of the U.S. population decreased by 4.35 percent, moving from 0.23 in 2000 to 0.22 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,153	#35,147	0.02%
Count	607	641	5.6%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.22	-4.35%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Roszkowski

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the Roszkowski surname, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some changes between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, 96.54 percent of individuals with this surname identified as White, and this percentage increased to 98.60 in 2010. Those identifying with two or more ethnicities went from 1.98 percent in 2000 to being suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons. The percentage of people identifying as Hispanic dropped from 0.99 in 2000 to none in 2010. There were no individuals with this surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.54%	98.6%	2.13%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.98%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0.99%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%