The Chudy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 964 people carried this name — #25,601 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 945 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Chudy surname
From Czech Chudý, Slovak Chudý, Polish Chudy, or Swiss German Tschudy and Tschudi.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chudy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
5,285 people named Chudy have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,755 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Chudy.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 43 people named Chudy live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Chudy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tadeusz Chudy 1908–1944
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Marian Chudy 1924–2012
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Tadeusz Chudy 1931–1997 · writer
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Jan Chudy 1933–2009 · politician
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Zenon Chudy 1933– · machinist
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Craig Chudy 1937–2024 · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chudy.
- Christol 101 · U.S. census
- Christoph 828 · U.S. census
- Christophe 860 · U.S. census
- Christophel 185 · U.S. census
- Christy 13,750 · U.S. census
- Chu 28,508 · U.S. census
- Chudzik 463 · U.S. census
- Chung 43,110 · U.S. census
- Cialdella 168 · U.S. census
- Ciampi 789 · U.S. census
- Cianci 1,428 · U.S. census
- Cianfarani 156 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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