Kowalski

See also: kowalski

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Polish Kowalskibor.

English Kowalski

Borrowed from Polish Kowalski.

Proper noun

Kowalski (plural Kowalskis)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kowalski is the 1,999^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18,077 individuals. Kowalski is most common among White (96.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kowalski”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345.

Anagrams

• Kowaliks

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Kowalski.

Proper noun

Kowalski m or f

1. a surname from Polish

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Kowalski.

Proper noun

Kowalski m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kowalskis or (with an article) Kowalski, feminine genitive Kowalski, plural Kowalskis)

1. a surname from Polish

Usage notes

• Kowalski is a fairly common name among ethnic Germans, especially in areas with historic Polish immigration, such as the Ruhrgebiet.

Polish

Etymology

From kowal +‎ -ski, translating roughly to 'from the Smith's hamlet.'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈval.ski/

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• Rhymes: -alski
• Syllabification: Ko‧wal‧ski
• Homophone: kowalski

Proper noun

Kowalski m pers (female equivalent Kowalska)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kowalski

	singular	plural
nominative	Kowalski	Kowalscy
genitive	Kowalskiego	Kowalskich
dative	Kowalskiemu	Kowalskim
accusative	Kowalskiego	Kowalskich
instrumental	Kowalskim	Kowalskimi
locative	Kowalskim	Kowalskich
vocative	Kowalski	Kowalscy

Descendants

• → English: Kovalski, Kowalski
• → Romanian: Covalschi

Further reading

• “Kowalski”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030
• “Kowalski”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Kovalski

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Kowalski.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ˈvaws.ki/

Proper noun

Kowalski m or f by sense

1. a surname from Polish

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Kowalski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈbalski/ [koˈβ̞als.ki]
• Rhymes: -alski
• Syllabification: Ko‧wals‧ki

Proper noun

Kowalski m or f by sense

1. a surname from Polish