Explore the Family Name Sadowsky

The meaning of Sadowsky

Altered form of Polish Sadowski, and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. This form of the surname is also found in Germany. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Gershon, Isidor, Mort, Shmuel, Yitzchak.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Sadowsky ranked 27,150 in popularity in the year 2000 and dropped slightly to rank 28,380 in 2010. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of individuals with the Sadowsky surname increased marginally from 838 in 2000 to 841 in 2010. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, there was a decrease of 6.45 percent over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,150	#28,380	-4.53%
Count	838	841	0.36%
Proportion per 100k	0.31	0.29	-6.45%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sadowsky

In regard to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Sadowsky surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with a slight increase from 97.14 percent to 97.62 percent. The percentage identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander dropped entirely from 0.95 percent in 2000 to none reported in 2010. Notably, the proportion identifying with two or more races appeared in 2010, standing at 0.95 percent, which was absent in the 2000 census data. The Hispanic representation amongst those bearing the Sadowsky name saw a decrease of 27.48 percent between the two census years. There were no individuals who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.14%	97.62%	0.49%
Two or More Races	0%	0.95%	0%
Hispanic	1.31%	0.95%	-27.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.95%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%