Kamiński or Kaminski (feminine: Kamińska) is a Polish surname. It is the sixth most common surname in Poland (95,816 people in 2009, 94,829 in 2020).

It is related to the following surnames in other languages:

{| class="wikitable"

! Language !! Masculine !! Feminine

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| Polish || Kamiński || Kamińska

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| Belarusian <br>(Romanization) || <br>(Kaminski) || <br> (Kaminskaya, Kaminskaia, Kaminskaja)

|-

| Czech / Slovak || Kaminský || Kaminská

|-

| Lithuanian || Kaminskas || Kaminskienė (married)<br> Kaminskaitė (unmarried)

|-

| Romanian || Caminschi ||

|-

| Russian <br>(Romanization) || <br> (Kaminskiy, Kaminsky) || <br> (Kaminskaya, Kaminskaia)

|-

| Ukrainian <br>(Romanization) || <br> (Kaminskyi) || <br> (Kaminska)

|}

People

  • Aleksander Kamiński (1903–1978), Polish teacher and soldier
  • Anatoliy Kaminski (born 1950), Ukrainian politician
  • Anna Kamińska (born 1983), Polish mountain bike orienteer
  • Bożena Kamińska (born 1965), Polish politician
  • Bronislav Kaminski (1899–1944), Russian Nazi collaborator
  • Ester Rachel Kamińska (1870–1925), Polish Jewish actress
  • Ewa Kamińska-Eichler (born 1953), Polish sprint canoer
  • Franciszek Kamiński (1902–2000), Polish general
  • Heinrich Kaminski (1886–1946), German composer
  • Heinz Kaminski (1921–2002), German chemical engineer and space researcher
  • Ida Kamińska (1899–1980), actress and director, daughter of Ester
  • Jakub Kamiński (born 2002), Polish footballer
  • Janusz Kamiński (born 1959), Polish cinematographer
  • Julia Kamińska (born 1987), Polish actress
  • Łukasz Kamiński (born 1973), Polish historian
  • Kevin Kaminski (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Krzysztof Kamiński (born 1990), Polish footballer
  • Krzysztof Kamiński (judoka) (born 1963), Polish judoka
  • Larry Kaminski (born 1949), American football player
  • Marcin Kamiński (born 1992), Polish footballer
  • Marcin Kamiński (born 1977), Polish chess player
  • Marek Kamiński (born 1964), Polish polar explorer
  • Maren Kaminski (born 1979), German politician
  • Margot Kaminski (born 1982), American law professor
  • Mariusz Kamiński (born 1965), Polish politician
  • Mateusz Kamiński (born 1991), Polish canoeist
  • Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; 1926), American actor, comedian, film producer, director and screenwriter
  • Michał Kamiński (born 1972), Polish politician
  • Mik Kaminski (born 1951), British musician
  • Moshe Kam (original surname Kamiński) (born 1955), Israeli-American engineer
  • Ralph Kaminski (born 1990), Polish singer-songwriter
  • Romuald Kamiński (born 1955), Polish Roman Catholic priest
  • Shera Danese née Kaminski (born 1949), American actress
  • Thomas Kaminski (born 1992), Belgian footballer
  • Vincent Kaminski, American energy industry executive
  • Waldemar Kaminski (1917–2006), American philanthropist
  • Wojciech Kamiński (born 1974), Polish basketball coach
  • Wojciech Kamiński (born 2001), Polish footballer
  • Zygmunt Kamiński (1933–2010), Polish bishop
  • Zygmunt Kamiński (1888–1969), Polish painter

Fictional characters

  • Mark Kaminski, in Raw Deal, 1986 movie
  • Bernd, Michael and Marco Kaminski in Diese Kaminskis
  • Natalia Kamiński in Fate/Zero by Gen Urobuchi
  • Manuel Kaminski in the 2003 German novel Me and Kaminski and in the 2015 comedy film Me and Kaminski

See also

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