The Czajka surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,119 people carried this name — #22,880 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,070 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Czajka surname
From Polish czajka (“lapwing”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Czajka» (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
13,291 people named Czajka have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 14,604 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 135 people named Czajka.
61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Czajka 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
51 people named Czajka 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 Czajka,
with a public archive behind them.
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Stanislao Czajka 1897–1965 · Catholic priest -
Zbigniew Czajka 1934–2009 · chess player -
Wawrzyniec Czajka 1883–1974 · merchant
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Willi Czajka 1898–1987 · geographer
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Dobrosław Czajka 1909–1992 · architect
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Wincenty Czajka 1912–1974
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Czajka.
- Cybulski 1,214 · U.S. census
- Cygan 1,151 · 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
- Czajkowski 2,441 · U.S. census
- Czapla 808 · U.S. census
- Czarnecki 4,164 · U.S. census
- Czech 2,453 · U.S. census
- Czerniak 776 · U.S. census
- Czerwinski 2,426 · U.S. census
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