Gawrys

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from a derivative of the personal name Gawrzyjal, a vernacular form of Gabriel

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɡɔɹiz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gawrys is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 12K(measured from records)
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 450K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 524K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

3,261 people, 2026

Sources
53 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from a derivative of the personal name Gawrzyjal, a vernacular form of Gabriel.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gawrys counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gawrys is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland3,2611 in 12K1.7KGawrys53
US United States3861 in 862K386Gawrys41
GB United Kingdom≈130 est.≈1 in 524K—Gawrys24
CO Colombia≈31 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Gawrys2
PT Portugal≈23 est.≈1 in 450K—Gawrys1
SE Sweden171 in 600K17Gawrys8
DK Denmark81 in 734K8——

3,261 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026, counting the spelling gawryś. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gawrys is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Gawryś

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gawryś

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Gawryś

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Gawryś

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Gawryš, Gawryś

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Gawrys,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Gawrys
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010386#53,538
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000385#50,903
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020356#61,001
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202618—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—18#94,998
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202617—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—17#98,110
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—17#27,906
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—8#47,546
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gawrys mean, and where does it come from?
from a derivative of the personal name Gawrzyjal, a vernacular form of Gabriel. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Gawrys?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɔɹiz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Gawrys have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 3.3 thousand people named Gawrys, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gawrys.
Where is Gawrys most common?
Gawrys is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Gawrys?
In Poland, the national register counted 3,261 people named Gawrys in 2026, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gawrys”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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