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Grabowski Ranking

In the United States, the name Grabowski is the 5,063rd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. [1]


United States Grabowski migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Grabowski Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • David Grabowski, who arrived at New York, NY in 1865
  • Anton Grabowski, who arrived at New York, NY in 1872
  • Carl Grabowski, who settled in Baltimore in 1874
  • Joseph Grabowski, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1875 [2]

Canada Grabowski migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Grabowski Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Leo Grabowski, who arrived in Manitoba in 1897

Contemporary Notables of the name Grabowski (post 1700) +

  • James S. "Wolf" Grabowski (b. 1944), former American football player and broadcaster
  • Sue Grabowski, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972 [3]
  • Stephen S. Grabowski, American Democratic Party politician, Elected Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 20th District 1980 [3]
  • Nick Green Grabowski, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1947-51 [3]
  • F. H. Grabowski, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1916 [3]
  • Edward Grabowski, American Republican politician, Member of New York Republican State Committee, 1961 [3]
  • Chester Grabowski, American politician, Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1990 [3]
  • Charles A. Grabowski, American politician, Mayor of Bergenfield, New Jersey, 1926 [3]
  • Bernard Francis Grabowski (b. 1923), American Democratic Party politician, Municipal Judge in Connecticut, 1955-60; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1963-67 [3]
  • Marek Grabowski (1950-2022), Polish physician and politician, member of Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, he served as undersecretary of state to the Ministry of Health from 2006 to 2007
  • ... (Another 7 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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