Dąbrowski

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Dąbrowski
POL COA Dąbrowski.svg
Family name
Meaning Polish toponym; oak grove
Region of origin Poland
Related names Dabrowski, Dombrowski, Dobrowski, Dobrosky

Dąbrowski (Polish pronunciation: [dɔmˈbrɔfskʲi]; feminine Dąbrowska, plural Dąbrowscy) or Dabrowski is the 11th most common surname in Poland (87,304 people in 2009);[1][2] this is down from an apparent rank of 4th in 1990.[3] Dąbrowski is a habitational name derived from the placename 'Dąbrowa' or 'Dąbrówka', which is used for several specific places in Poland or generically as "oak grove", the English meaning for these Polish words.[4][5] Variants of the surname include Dombrowski, Dobrowski, and Dobrosky.[6][7] Dobrowski also has an independent origin as a habitational name derived from the placename 'Dobrów'.[6] The text-figure below summarizes the relationships among these various words.

Dąbrowa (or) Dąbrówka Dąbrow(ski/ska/scy) Dabrowski Dobrowski Dobrosky
Dobrów

Polish national anthem

The Polish national anthem, Poland Is Not Yet Lost, is also known as Dąbrowski's Mazurka. The text references general Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, the founder of the Polish Legions in Italy.[8]

Frequency information

The table below contains available information on the frequency of the Dąbrowski surname and variants in various countries across a span of years.

Detection of surname variant by country (blank = no data; green background = high frequency)
Country Dąbrow(ski/ska/scy) Dabrowski Dobrowski Dobrosky
Australia 2002: 32.2 per million[9]
Canada 1998: 37.4 per million[9]
France c.2007: undetectable[10] c.2007: Rank=10,628; 817[10] c.2007: undetectable[10]
Germany
New Zealand 2002: 6.57 per million[9]
Northern Ireland 2003: undetectable[9]
Poland 1990: Rank=4;[3] 92,945.[11][12]
c.2000: Rank=11; 86,132.[1]
1990: 131[11] 1990: 18[11] 1990: undectable[11][13]
Republic of Ireland 2003: undetectable[9]
Scotland undetectable[14]
Sweden 1998–2007: undetectable[15]
United Kingdom 1881: undetectable[9][16]
1998: undetectable[9][16]
1881: undetectable[9]
1998: 6 per million; Rank = 15,037[9]
1881: undetectable[9]
1998: undetectable[9]
United States 1990: undetectable[16][17] 1990: Rank=10,244; 0.001%[17]
1998: 17.2 per million[9]
1990: Rank=64,522[17] 1990: Rank=73,494[17]

Notable people sharing the Dąbrowski surname or variants

Historically notable people

Dąbrowski
Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan noble family

Other notable people

Dąbrowski/Dąbrowska
Dąbrowski → Dabrowski
Dabrowski
Dobrowski

See also

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Citation: Zawadzki, 2002
  2. Ministry of Interior (Poland). Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009 (The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009). Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Citation: Futrega, 2006
  4. Citation: Dabrowski Name Meaning and History
  5. Citation: Smith, 1973
  6. 6.0 6.1 Citation: Dobrowski Name Meaning and History
  7. Citation: Dobrosky Name Meaning and History
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  9. 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 Citation: Longley, et al.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Citation: L'encyclopédie des noms de familles
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Citation: Rymut, 1990.
  12. Query = "D?bro*sk?"
  13. Though "Dobrosky" was not found, "Dobroski" returns a person count of 8.
  14. Citation: Surnames in Scotland
  15. Citation: SCB Staff
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 Query = "Dąbrowski"; apparently source does not distinguish between "ą" and "a".
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Citation: United States Census Bureau, 2000.

References

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