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This article is about the surname and variants. For other uses of Dąbrowski and Dabrowski, see Dąbrowski (disambiguation).
Dąbrowski Family name 
Meaning Polish toponym; oak grove Region of origin Poland Related names Dabrowski, Dobrowski, Dobrosky 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 ↑ Dobrów Another variant is the surname Dombrowski due to the Polish pronounciation of Dąbrowski /dɔmˈbrɔfskʲi/
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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.
Detection of surname variant by country (blank = no data; green background = high frequency) Country Dąbrow(ski/ska/scy) Dabrowski Dobrowski Dobrosky 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] Germany 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]United States 1990: undetectable[14][15] 1990: Rank=10,244; 0.001%[15]
1998: 17.2 per million[7]1990: Rank=64,522[15] 1990: Rank=73,494[15] Notable people sharing the Dąbrowski surname or variants
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
- Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan noble family
- Jarosław Dąbrowski (19th century), Polish general depicted on the obverse of the 1976 200-złoty banknote
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)
- Marek Dąbrowski, Polish fencer
- Włodzimierz Dąbrowski (20th century Polish political activist)
- Dąbrowski → Dabrowski
- Christoph Dabrowski (living Polish/German footballer)
- Dabrowski
- Stanislawa Dabrowski (living Australian humanitarian)
- Stephen Dabrowski (living Polish/American artist)
- Stina Lundberg Dabrowski (living Swedish journalist)
- Dobrowski
- Jody Dobrowski (20th century English hate crime victim)
See also
- Dąbrowa (disambiguation)
- Dąbrówka (disambiguation)
- Dąbrowski (disambiguation)
- Dąbrowska (Leokadia)
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.
References
- "Dabrowski Name Meaning and History". The Dabrowski Surname. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Dabrowski-places-origin.ashx. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- "Dobrowski Name Meaning and History". The Dobrowski Surname. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Dobrowski-places-origin.ashx. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- "Dobrosky Name Meaning and History". The Dobrosky Surname. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Dobrosky-places-origin.ashx. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- "L'encyclopédie des noms de familles" (in French). Le Journal des Femmes. Benchmark Group. c.2007. http://www.linternaute.com/femmes/nom-de-famille/. Retrieved 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. http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- Marek Futrega (2006-11-08). Rank-order listing "Najpopularniejsze nazwiska w Polsce" (in Polish). (self-published). http://www.futrega.org/etc/nazwiska.html Rank-order listing. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- Rymut, Kazimierz (1990). query interface "Slownik nazwisk wspolczesnie w Polsce uzywanych" (in Polish). Osrodek Dokumentacji Wychodztwa Polskiego przy Domu Polonii w Pultusku. http://www.herby.com.pl/indexslo.html query interface. Retrieved 2008-05-18. Note: Data is not complete, accounting for ~94% of the population in 1990.
- SCB staff. "Efterfrågade tabeller och diagram" (in Swedish). Namnstatistik. Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/Product____30895.aspx. Retrieved 2008-05-22. Note: Google searches were conducted against "site:scb.se" to verify availability of surnames online.
- Smith, Elsdon (1972) (Google Books "snippet view"). New Dictionary of American Family Names. San Francisco: Harper & Row. p. 105. ISBN 0060139331. http://books.google.com/books?id=SZAYAAAAIAAJ&dq=Dabrowski&q=dabrowski&pgis=1#search. 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. http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/occpapers/surnames-in-scotland-over-the-last-140-years.html. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- United States Census Bureau staff (2000-09-07). "Search names from 1990 Census" (Database search result). United States Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/namesearch.html. Retrieved 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.
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