The Drozd surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,852 people carried this name — #15,743 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,811 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Drozd surname
Borrowed from Polish Drozd, Czech Drozd, Slovak Drozd and related languages.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Drozd» (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
12,004 people named Drozd have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 14,260 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 Subcarpathian.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 106 people named Drozd 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Drozd.
36 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 68 people named Drozd live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
43 people named Drozd live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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
25 people named Drozd 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
Drozd in American newspapers,
1910–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 513 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Drozd,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Drozd 1837–1910 · Catholic priest -
Józef Drozd 1857–1923 · theologian -
Miroslav Drozd d. 1989 · journalist
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Feliks Drozd 1875–1940
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Jan Drozd 1900–
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Paweł Drozd 1901– · Wikipedian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Drozd.
- Drost 2,778 · U.S. census
- Drouet 179 · U.S. census
- Drouhard 308 · U.S. census
- Drouillard 863 · U.S. census
- Drouin 2,419 · U.S. census
- Droz 893 · U.S. census
- Drozdz 224 · U.S. census
- Dry 2,379 · U.S. census
- Dryburgh 314 · U.S. census
- Drzewiecki 755 · U.S. census
- Du 7,566 · U.S. census
- Duale 306 · U.S. census
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