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The Czaja surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,158 people carried this name — #22,260 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,076 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Czaja surname

Probably from czajka (“lapwing”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Czaja» (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

12,476 people named Czaja have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 14,411 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 Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Pomeranian 3,165
Silesian 1,781
Subcarpathian 1,582
Lesser Poland 1,473
Holy Cross 793
Lower Silesian 692
Greater Poland 646
Opole 578

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 98 people named Czaja.

29 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

Born outside France 29
Pas-de-Calais 22
Yvelines 12
Moselle 9
Nord 6
Loiret 3
Marne 3
Isère 2
Essonne 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

24 people named Czaja is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 24

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 Czaja,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alfons Theodor Czaja 1894– · university teacher
  • Alphons Theodor Czaja 1894– · botanist
  • Mieczysław Czaja 1903–1958 · university teacher
  • Herbert Czaja 1914–1997 · politician
  • Herbert Czaja 1914–1997 · politician
  • Zenon Czaja 1925–

Wikidata (CC0).

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