Dąbrowski
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Meaning | Polish toponym; oak grove |
Region of origin | Poland |
Related names | Dabrowski, Dobrowski, Dobrosky |
Popularity | Behind the Name |
Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Dąbrowski |
Dąbrowski (feminine: Dąbrowska, plural Dąbrowscy) or Dabrowski is the 11th most common surname in Poland around 2000 (86,132 people);[1]; this is down from an apparent rank of 4th in 1990.[2] Dabrowski 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.[3][4] The surname Dobrowski is a variant of Dabrowski,[5] and Dobrosky is a transitive variant.[6] Dobrowski also has an independent origin as a habitational name derived from the placename Dobrów.[5] The text-figure below summarizes the relationships among these various words.
- Dąbrowa (or) Dąbrówka → Dąbrow(ski/ska/scy) → Dabrowski → Dobrowski → Dobrosky
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[edit] 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.
Country | Dąbrow(ski/ska/scy) | Dabrowski | Dobrowski | Dobrosky |
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Australia | 2002: 32.2 per million[7] | |||
Canada | 1998: 37.4 per million[7] | |||
France | c.2007: undetectable[8] | c.2007: Rank=10,628; 817[8] | c.2007: undetectable[8] | |
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New Zealand | 2002: 6.57 per million[7] | |||
Northern Ireland | 2003: undetectable[7] | |||
Poland | 1990: Rank=4;[2] 92,945.[9][10] c.2000: Rank=11; 86,132.[1] |
1990: 131[9] | 1990: 18[9] | 1990: undectable[9][11] |
Republic of Ireland | 2003: undetectable[7] | |||
Scotland | undetectable[12] | |||
Sweden | 1998–2007: undetectable[13] | |||
United Kingdom | 1881: undetectable[7][14] 1998: undetectable[7][14] |
1881: undetectable[7] 1998: 6 per million; Rank = 15,037[7] |
1881: undetectable[7] 1998: undetectable[7] |
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United States | 1990: undetectable[15][14] | 1990: Rank=10,244; 0.001%[15] 1998: 17.2 per million[7] |
1990: Rank=64,522[15] | 1990: Rank=73,494[15] |
[edit] Notable people sharing the Dąbrowski surname or variants
[edit] Historically notable people
- Dąbrowski
- Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (18th Century), Polish general known for organizing the Polish Legions in Italy during the Napoleonic Wars
- Kazimierz Dąbrowski (20th Century), Polish psychologist who developed the theory of Positive Disintegration
- Marian Dąbrowski (20th Century), journalist and press magnate of the Second Polish Republic
- Radwan Dąbrowski-Żądło noble family
- Jarosław Dąbrowski (19th Century), Polish general depicted on the obverse of the 1976 200 Zloty banknote
[edit] Other notable people
- Dąbrowski/Dąbrowska
- Daniel Dąbrowski (living Polish sprinter) • Jerzy Dąbrowski (20th Century Polish aeronautical engineer) • Józef Dąbrowski (19th Century Polish Catholic priest) • Maciej Dąbrowski (living Polish footballer) • Maria Dąbrowska (20th Century Polish writer) • Włodzimierz Dąbrowski (20th Century Polish political activist)
- Dąbrowski → Dabrowski
- Christoph Dabrowski (living Polish/German footballer)
- Dabrowski
- Stanislawa Dabrowski (living Australian humanitarian) • Stina Lundberg Dabrowski (living Swedish journalist)
- Dobrowski
- Jody Dobrowski (20th Century English hate crime victim)
- Dobrosky
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[edit] See also
- Radwan Dąbrowski-Żądło Family, old Polish noble family first mentioned in 1407
- Dąbrowa and Dąbrówka, disambiguation pages
- Dąbrowski (disambiguation)
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Citation: Zawadzki, 2002
- ^ a b Citation: Futrega, 2006
- ^ Citation: Dabrowski Name Meaning and History
- ^ Citation: Smith, 1973
- ^ a b Citation: Dobrowski Name Meaning and History
- ^ Citation: Dobrosky Name Meaning and History
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Citation: Longley, et al.
- ^ a b c Citation: L'encyclopédie des noms de familles
- ^ a b c d Citation: Rymut, 1990.
- ^ Query = "D?bro*sk?"
- ^ Though "Dobrosky" was not found, "Dobroski" returns a person count of 8.
- ^ Citation: Surnames in Scotland
- ^ Citation: SCB Staff
- ^ a b c Query = "Dąbrowski"; apparently source does not distinguish between "ą" and "a".
- ^ a b c d Citation: United States Census Bureau, 2000.
[edit] References
- Dabrowski Name Meaning and History. The Dabrowski Surname. Ancestry.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
- Dobrowski Name Meaning and History. The Dobrowski Surname. Ancestry.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
- Dobrosky Name Meaning and History. The Dobrosky Surname. Ancestry.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
- L'encyclopédie des noms de familles (French). Le Journal des Femmes. Benchmark Group (c.2007). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
- Longley, Paul; Alex Singleton, Richard Webber and Daryl Lloyd. Statistics on the selected name or category of names. SPLINT Project, University College London. The National Trust. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
- Marek Futrega (2006-11-08). Rank-order listing Najpopularniejsze nazwiska w Polsce (Polish). (self-published). Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
- Rymut, Kazimierz (1990). query interface Slownik nazwisk wspolczesnie w Polsce uzywanych (Polish). Osrodek Dokumentacji Wychodztwa Polskiego przy Domu Polonii w Pultusku. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. Note: Data is not complete, accounting for ~94% of the population in 1990.
- SCB staff. Efterfrågade tabeller och diagram (Swedish). Namnstatistik. Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-22. Note: Google searches were conducted against "site:scb.se" to verify availbility of surnames online.
- Smith, Elsdon (1972). New Dictionary of American Family Names (Google Books "snippet view"), San Francisco: Harper & Row, pg. 105. ISBN 0060139331. Note: some sources place the date of publication at 1972, others at 1973.
- Surnames in Scotland over the last 140 years. Occasional papers. General Register Office for Scotland (2007-10-02). Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
- United States Census Bureau staff (2000-09-07). Search names from 1990 Census (Database search result). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
- Zawadzki, Jarosław Maciej (2002). 1000 najpopularniejszych nazwisk w Polsce (1000 of the most popular names in Poland). Świat Książki. ISBN 83-7311-265-0. Book not available for review by editor; citation obtained from List of most common surnames.