Kowalski

E163517

Kowalski is a surname of Polish origin commonly used in Poland and among Polish diaspora communities.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Kowalski canonical 8
Leon Kowalski 2
Jacob Kowalski 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish-language surname
surname
derivedFrom Polish word "kowal" (blacksmith)
hasCategory Occupational surnames
Polish-language surnames
hasCountryOfOrigin Poland
hasCulturalUsage Often used as a generic placeholder Polish surname
hasEthnicAssociation Polish people
hasEtymologicalRoot Proto-Slavic *kovati (to forge)
hasFrequencyNote One of the most common surnames in Poland
hasGenderForm Kowalska (feminine)
hasLanguageOfOrigin Polish
hasMeaning Smith
hasNotableBearerExample Józef Kowalski (Polish priest and martyr)
Leopold Kowalski (French composer and conductor)
Stanisław Kowalski (Polish supercentenarian and athlete)
Tadeusz Kowalski (Polish orientalist)
hasNotableFictionalBearer Kowalski (penguin character in the Madagascar franchise)
Stanley Kowalski
surface form: Stanley Kowalski (character in "A Streetcar Named Desire")
hasPluralForm Kowalscy
hasPronunciation /kɔˈvalski/ in Polish
hasRelatedSurname Kowal
Kowalczyk
Kowalewski
Kowalik
hasStressPattern Stress on the second syllable in Polish
hasTransliteration Ковальский (Russian/Cyrillic)
hasTypicalSuffix -ski
hasUsageRegion Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Germany
Poland
Polish diaspora
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasVariant Koval
surface form: Kovalski

Koval
surface form: Kovalsky

Kowalski self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kowalskiy

Kowalski self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kowalsky
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
isOccupationalSurname true
isPatronymicSurname false

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smith hasVariant Kowalski
Schmidt cognateWith Kowalski
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald mainCharacter Kowalski
this entity surface form: Jacob Kowalski
Kovács hasCognateSurname Kowalski
Kowalski hasVariant Kowalski self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kowalsky
Kowalski hasVariant Kowalski self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kowalskiy
Penguins of Madagascar notableCharacterTrait Kowalski
this entity surface form: Kowalski is the strategist and brains of the team
Primal Scream notableSong Kowalski
King Julien associatedWith Kowalski
Stella Kowalski familyName Kowalski
Pris Stratton in Blade Runner allyOf Kowalski
subject surface form: Pris Stratton
this entity surface form: Leon Kowalski
Rick Deckard enemy Kowalski
this entity surface form: Leon Kowalski