The Cygan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,151 people carried this name — #22,375 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,100 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Cygan surname
Inherited from Old Polish Cygan.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cygan» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
7,902 people named Cygan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,818 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 Lesser 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 59 people named Cygan.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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.
Who carried it
People named Cygan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Józef Cygan 1890–1940 · jurist -
Mieczysław Cygan 1921–2006 · military officer -
Karl Cygan 1911–
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Josef Cygan 1921–
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Jerzy Cygan 1924–2006 · historian
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Jan Cygan 1927–2021 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cygan.
- Cutajar 194 · U.S. census
- Cuvelier 398 · U.S. census
- Cuvillier 122 · U.S. census
- Cvetkovic 187 · U.S. census
- Cwiklinski 462 · U.S. census
- Cybulski 1,214 · U.S. census
- Cyprien 289 · U.S. census
- Cyr 11,829 · U.S. census
- Cyrille 137 · U.S. census
- Czaja 1,158 · U.S. census
- Czajka 1,119 · U.S. census
- Czajkowski 2,441 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cygan is.
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