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The Czyz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 719 people carried this name — #32,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 14% from 631 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Czyz surname

From czyż (“siskin”).

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

11,690 people named Czyz have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 12,892 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 3,000
Masovian 1,859
Subcarpathian 1,072
Lesser Poland 912
Greater Poland 869
Lower Silesian 722
Łódź 569
Lublin 437

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 77 people named Czyz.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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 34
Pas-de-Calais 9
Eure 6
Paris 5
Aude 4
Yvelines 2
Saône-et-Loire 2
Haut-Rhin 2
Moselle 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 36 people named Czyz 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 23
City of Buenos Aires 13

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

In the Nordic population registers

28 people named Czyz is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 28

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).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Czyz is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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