Polish Americans Aleksandra Zygula by Aleksandra Zygula Who are Polish Americans ?

Polish Americans are Americans who have total or partial Polish ancestry. There are an estimated 9.5 million Polish Americans, representing about 3% of the U.S. population.

Polish Americans are the largest Slavic ethnic group in the United States, second largest Central European group and the eighth largest immigrant group overall. History of Polish Americans

From the colonial era down to 1870, small numbers of Poles and Polish subjects came to America as individuals or in small family groups and they quickly assimilated and did not form seperate communities. Polish immigrants Family names

Nowak 18 515 Kowalski 18 134 Kaminski 14 190 Wisniewski 14 190 Zielinski 11 019 Kozlowski 10 373 Jankowski 9 060 Grabowski 8 975 Szymanski 8 813 Wozniak 8 563 Distribution of Polish Americans Language spoken in each state other than English Distribution of people born in Poland Where do Polish Americans live ?¿ Chicago

One of the most notable in size of the urban Polish American communities is in Chicago and its surronding suburbs.

New York

The New York City Metropolitan Area, including the borough of Brooklyn in New York City as well as Northern New Jersey, is home to the second largest community of Polish Americans and is now closely behind the Chicago area's Polish population. Greenpoint, New York in Brooklyn is home to the Little Poland of New York City, while Williamsburg, Maspeth and Ridgewood also contain vibrant Polish communities. In 2014, the New York metropolitan area surpassed Chicago as the metropolitan area attracting the most new legal immigrants to the United States from Poland.

Religion

As in Poland, the majority of Polish immigrants are Roman Catholic. Historically, less than 5% of Americans who identified as Polish would state any other religion but Roman Catholic. Antipolonism

On 14 November 2007, Fox aired an episode of Back to You called "Something's Up There", which contained a controversial Polish slur. The slur involved Marsh trying to convince the show's lone Polish-American character, Gary, to go bowling after work by saying: "Come on, it's in your blood, like kielbasa and collaborating with the Nazis." Fox later apologized on 20 November 2007. They vowed never to air the line of dialogue again in repeats and/or syndicated broadcasts. Fox stated that, "The line was delivered by a character known for being ignorant, clueless, and for saying outlandish things. Allowing the line to remain in the show, however, demonstrated poor judgment, and we apologize to anyone who was offended." Famous Polish Americans

Jake T. Austin (born 1994), actor; father is of part Polish descent Jon Bon Jovi (born 1962), singer, songwriter, actor, producer, and philanthropist; maternal grandfather of Polish descent Nicolas Cage (born 1964), actor; maternal grandmother was of Polish descent (surname Siputa) Zac Efron (born 1987), actor, paternal grandfather was the son of Polish Jewish parents Katerina Graham (born 1989), actress (Vampire Diaries), mother of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent John Krasinski (born 1979), TV and film actor (The Office); of half Polish and half Irish descent Shia LaBeouf (born 1986), actor, voice actor, and comedian, mother is of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent Emily Ratajkowski (born 1991), actress and model; paternal grandfather was of Polish (Catholic) descent, maternal grandfather was a Polish Jewish immigrant Paul Wesley (born 1982), actor, born Paul Wasilewski to Polish parents (Fallen, The Vampire Diaries)

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