The Cichy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 881 people carried this name — #27,392 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 902 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
5,955 people named Cichy have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 6,829 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 Silesian.
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 136 people named Cichy.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 the Nordic population registers
26 people named Cichy is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Cichy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Roman Cichy 1898–1943
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Józef Cichy 1920–2015
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Bodo Cichy 1924–2003 · art historian
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Marian Cichy 1931–2023 · engineer
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Danuta Cichy 1933– · biologist
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Stefan Cichy 1939– · Catholic priest
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cichy.
- Ciccarelli 2,050 · U.S. census
- Ciccone 3,838 · U.S. census
- Cicero 3,399 · U.S. census
- Ciceron 349 · U.S. census
- Cichocki 1,099 · U.S. census
- Cichon 1,660 · U.S. census
- Cid 2,975 · U.S. census
- Ciesielski 1,555 · U.S. census
- Ciesla 1,237 · U.S. census
- Cieslak 1,746 · U.S. census
- Cieslik 501 · U.S. census
- Cilia 454 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cichy is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.
