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The Czapla surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 808 people carried this name — #29,279 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is down 3% from 832 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

7,405 people named Czapla have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 8,294 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 map

Where they live today

Silesian 1,943
Lublin 857
Subcarpathian 785
Lesser Poland 491
Greater Poland 469
Holy Cross 466
Masovian 464
Lower Silesian 369

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 97 people named Czapla.

30 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 30
Pas-de-Calais 20
Tarn 11
Moselle 7
Rhône 6
Aisne 4
Saône-et-Loire 4
Finistère 3
Charente 2

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 49 people named Czapla 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

Buenos Aires Province 49

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

24 people named Czapla live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 14
Aargau 6
Zurich 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Czapla,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Kazimierz Czapla
    Kazimierz Czapla 1869–1930 · lawyer
  • Jan Czapla
    Jan Czapla 1893–1920 · military officer
  • Marianna Czapla d. 1990 · farmer
  • Jan Czapla 1150–1239 · scholaster
  • Piotr Czapla 1868–1928
  • Brunon Czapla 1872–1926 · historian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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