Most common surnames in Poland

This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Poland, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

#	Surname	Bearers	Share
1	Nowak	268.733	5.7%
2	Kowalski	161.147	3.4%
3	Lewandowski	107.895	2.3%
4	Kowalczyk	107.277	2.3%
5	Kamiński	105.060	2.2%
6	Zieliński	102.739	2.2%
7	Szymański	100.996	2.1%
8	Jankowski	79.823	1.7%
9	Wojciechowski	76.857	1.6%
10	Kwiatkowski	75.874	1.6%
11	Kaczmarek	72.384	1.5%
12	Mazur	72.108	1.5%
13	Krawczyk	71.197	1.5%
14	Piotrowski	70.176	1.5%
15	Grabowski	66.189	1.4%
16	Nowakowski	65.632	1.4%
17	Michalski	62.180	1.3%
18	Adamczyk	60.390	1.3%
19	Nowicki	60.212	1.3%
20	Dudek	60.173	1.3%
21	Wieczorek	57.202	1.2%
22	Majewski	56.245	1.2%
23	Olszewski	54.184	1.1%
24	Jaworski	53.449	1.1%
25	Pawlak	53.234	1.1%
26	Malinowski	53.117	1.1%
27	Walczak	51.332	1.1%
28	Witkowski	51.042	1.1%
29	Rutkowski	50.080	1.1%
30	Michalak	49.230	1%

31	Sikora	48.716	1%
32	Ostrowski	47.212	1%
33	Baran	46.864	1%
34	Szewczyk	46.725	1%
35	Duda	46.616	1%
36	Tomaszewski	46.215	1%
37	Pietrzak	45.470	1%
38	Marciniak	45.087	0.9%
39	Zalewski	43.659	0.9%
40	Jakubowski	43.439	0.9%
41	Zawadzki	42.752	0.9%
42	Jasiński	42.508	0.9%
43	Sadowski	42.388	0.9%
44	Chmielewski	40.752	0.9%
45	Borkowski	39.493	0.8%
46	Czarnecki	39.298	0.8%
47	Sawicki	38.643	0.8%
48	Kubiak	38.113	0.8%
49	Maciejewski	37.755	0.8%
50	Urbański	37.677	0.8%
51	Kucharski	37.488	0.8%
52	Szczepański	37.291	0.8%
53	Wilk	36.959	0.8%
54	Lis	36.621	0.8%
55	Mazurek	36.512	0.8%
56	Kalinowski	36.398	0.8%
57	Wysocki	36.019	0.8%
58	Adamski	34.398	0.7%
59	Wasilewski	33.869	0.7%
60	Sobczak	33.668	0.7%

61	Andrzejewski	32.467	0.7%
62	Czerwiński	32.367	0.7%
63	Cieślak	32.201	0.7%
64	Zakrzewski	31.806	0.7%
65	Sikorski	31.571	0.7%
66	Krajewski	31.302	0.7%
67	Szymczak	31.261	0.7%
68	Szulc	31.195	0.7%
69	Gajewski	31.110	0.7%
70	Baranowski	30.952	0.7%
71	Laskowski	30.838	0.6%
72	Makowski	30.742	0.6%
73	Brzeziński	30.332	0.6%
74	Przybylski	30.283	0.6%
75	Borowski	30.163	0.6%
76	Nowacki	30.129	0.6%
77	Chojnacki	29.930	0.6%
78	Domański	29.775	0.6%
79	Ciesielski	29.417	0.6%
80	Krupa	28.953	0.6%
81	Szczepaniak	28.860	0.6%
82	Kaczmarczyk	28.666	0.6%
83	Kowalewski	28.187	0.6%
84	Leszczyński	28.062	0.6%
85	Lipiński	27.957	0.6%
86	Kozak	27.456	0.6%
87	Kania	27.423	0.6%
88	Urbaniak	27.335	0.6%
89	Mucha	26.894	0.6%
90	Kowalik	26.870	0.6%

91	Tomczak	26.817	0.6%
92	Czajkowski	26.760	0.6%
93	Markowski	26.656	0.6%
94	Nawrocki	26.375	0.6%
95	Janik	26.370	0.6%
96	Brzozowski	26.362	0.6%
97	Markiewicz	25.879	0.5%
98	Wawrzyniak	25.829	0.5%
99	Jarosz	25.630	0.5%
100	Tomczyk	25.595	0.5%

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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Poland?

According to our official census data, the most common surname in Poland is Nowak, with 268.733. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.

How many different surnames are registered in Poland?

Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Poland. This table shows the 100 most frequent.

How often is this data updated?

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