Dąbrowski

Dąbrowski, Jan Henryk, 1755-1818, Polish general. He distinguished himself in the insurrection led by Kosciusko in 1794. After its failure he went to France and organized (1797) a Polish legion, which he commanded in Napoleon's Italian campaign. In 1806, Napoleon had him recruit an army in Poland, and he subsequently distinguished himself in Napoleon's campaigns against Prussia, Austria, and Russia. Returning to Poland in 1813, Dąbrowski entered the service of Czar Alexander I and began to organize the new Polish army. He retired in 1816. His name is sometimes spelled Dombrowski.

Dąbrowski (feminine: Dąbrowska, plural Dąbrowscy) or Dabrowski is the 11^th most common surname in Poland around 2000 (86,132 people);; this is down from an apparent rank of 4^th in 1990. 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. The surname Dobrowski is a variant of Dabrowski, and Dobrosky is a transitive variant. Dobrowski also has an independent origin as a habitational name derived from the placename Dobrów. The text-figure below summarizes the relationships among these various words.

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
Canada		1998: 37.4 per million
France	c.2007: undetectable	c.2007: Rank=10,628; 817	c.2007: undetectable
Germany
New Zealand		2002: 6.57 per million
Northern Ireland		2003: undetectable
Poland	1990: Rank=4; 92,945. c.2000: Rank=11; 86,132.	1990: 131	1990: 18	1990: undectable
Republic of Ireland		2003: undetectable
Scotland	undetectable
Sweden	1998–2007: undetectable
United Kingdom	1881: undetectable 1998: undetectable	1881: undetectable 1998: 6 per million; Rank = 15,037	1881: undetectable 1998: undetectable
United States	1990: undetectable	1990: Rank=10,244; 0.001% 1998: 17.2 per million	1990: Rank=64,522	1990: Rank=73,494

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 RepublicRadwan Dąbrowski-Żądło noble family
• Jarosław Dąbrowski (19th Century), Polish general depicted on the obverse of the 1976 200 Zloty 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)Włodzimierz Dąbrowski (20th Century Polish political activist)Dąbrowski → Dabrowski
• Christoph Dabrowski (living Polish/German footballer)Dabrowski
• Stanislawa Dabrowski (living Australian humanitarian)Stina Lundberg Dabrowski (living Swedish journalist)Dobrowski
• Jody Dobrowski (20th Century English hate crime victim)Dobrosky
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See also

• Radwan Dąbrowski-Żądło Family, old Polish noble family first mentioned in 1407
• Dąbrowa and Dąbrówka, disambiguation pages
• Dąbrowski (disambiguation)

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