Explore the Family Name Sosinski

The meaning of Sosinski

Polish (Sosiński): habitational name for someone from any of the places called Sosna, Sosno or Sośno in Masovian or Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeships, derived from the adjective sosieński (or from now extinct surname Sosieński). The places are named with Polish sosna ‘pine tree’.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Sosinski saw a decline between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, the surname ranked 37,728 in popularity and by 2010 it had fallen to 44,500, indicating a decrease of approximately 17.95%. The count of individuals with this surname also decreased from 554 to 483 during the same period, a drop of around 12.82%. The proportion per 100,000 people declined by about 23.81%, from 0.21 to 0.16.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,728	#44,500	-17.95%
Count	554	483	-12.82%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.16	-23.81%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sosinski

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the Sosinski surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that there was a significant white majority in both years, albeit with a slight decrease from 97.11% in 2000 to 94.62% in 2010. During the same period, the proportion of those identifying as Hispanic nearly doubled from 1.62% to 3.11%. There was also an increase in the percentage of individuals identifying with two or more races, which rose from 1.08% to 1.86%. There were no reported Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals with the Sosinski surname in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.11%	94.62%	-2.56%
Hispanic	1.62%	3.11%	91.98%
Two or More Races	1.08%	1.86%	72.22%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%