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Rutkowski Ranking

In the United States, the name Rutkowski is the 8,887th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Rutkowski migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rutkowski Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Teophilus Rutkowski, aged 40, who arrived in Missouri in 1840 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Rutkowski (post 1700) +

  • Mateusz Rutkowski (1986-2024), Polish ski jumper, Gold and Silver Medal winner in the 2004 World Junior Championships
  • Kazimierz Rutkowski, Polish fighter pilot and flying ace in the Polish Air Force then the Royal Air Force, during World War II, credited with 5½ aerial victories

USS Arizona
  • Mr. John Peter Rutkowski, American Seaman First Class from New York, USA working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he died in the sinking 3


  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. Pearl Harbour: USS Arizona Casualties List Pearl Harbour December 7, 1941. (Retrieved 2018, July 31st). Retrieved from http://pearl-harbor.com/arizona/casualtylist.html


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