Sosnowski
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/səsˈnɔfˌski/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sosnowski is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: From various toponyms (e.g. Sosnowa, Sosnowe, Sosnowo, Sosnów) derived from sosna (“pine tree”) + -ski.
- PLPoland
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From various toponyms (e.g. Sosnowa, Sosnowe, Sosnowo, Sosnów) derived from sosna (“pine tree”) + -ski.
Sources 1
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Józef Sylwester Sosnowskib. 1710diplomat
- Tomasz Oskar Sosnowskib. 1810PLPolish sculptor (1810-1886)
- Oskar Sosnowskib. 1880PLPolish architect (1880–1939)
- Jerzy Sosnowskib. 1896UAMajor of the Polish Army (1896–1942)
- Zdzisław Sosnowskib. 1924PLassociation football player (1924-2018)
- Janusz Sosnowskib. 1947PLPolish production designer
- Sergey Sosnovskyb. 1955RUnot in their usual nameRussian actor (1955–2022)
- Adrian Sosnovschib. 1977MDnot in their usual namefootballer
- Albert Sosnowskib. 1979PLPolish boxer
- Sergey Sosnovskib. 1981BYnot in their usual nameBelarusian footballer
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 9.2K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 9.2K | #161 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.9K | #14,539 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.8K | #15,792 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.8K | #15,929 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 134 | #50,632 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 80 | #18,632 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 64 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 64 | #42,354 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 55 | #47,935 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 48 | #23,727 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 45 | — |
Reference works 4
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Sosnowski mean, and where does it come from?
- From various toponyms (e.g. Sosnowa, Sosnowe, Sosnowo, Sosnów) derived from sosna (“pine tree”) + -ski. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Sosnowski?
- A machine transcription gives /səsˈnɔfˌski/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Sosnowski have the most bearers?
- Sosnowski is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sosnowskiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Sosnowski”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.