The Czarnecki surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,164 people carried this name — #7,947 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,198 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Czarnecki surname
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. )
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Czarnecki» (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
26,209 people named Czarnecki have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 29,574 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 Masovian.
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 179 people named Czarnecki.
45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 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 44 people named Czarnecki 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Czarnecki live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
In the Nordic population registers
99 people named Czarnecki 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).
In print
Czarnecki in American newspapers,
1889–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,970 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Czarnecki,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wiktor Czarnecki 1850–1916 · farmer -
Kazimierz Czarnecki 1882–1964 · opera singer -
Karol Marian Czarnecki 1893– · military officer -
Kazimierz Zygmunt Czarnecki 1894–1940 · military officer -
Władysław Czarnecki 1895–1983 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 120 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Czarnecki.
- 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
- Czapla 808 · U.S. census
- Czech 2,453 · U.S. census
- Czerniak 776 · U.S. census
- Czerwinski 2,426 · U.S. census
- Czuba 403 · U.S. census
- Czubak 141 · U.S. census
- Czyz 719 · U.S. census
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