The Duda surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,139 people carried this name — #5,225 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,900 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
31,826 people named Duda have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 36,594 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 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 277 people named Duda.
99 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
128 people named Duda live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 51 people named Duda 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 Antwerp.
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.
Who carried it
People named Duda,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ladislav Duda 1854–1895 · teacher -
Oswald Duda 1869–1941 · entomologist -
Josef Duda 1905–1977 · military personnel -
Eugeniusz Duda 1909–1940 -
Zofia Nehringowa 1910–1972 · speed skater
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 218 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Duda.
- Ducos 212 · U.S. census
- Ducote 3,312 · U.S. census
- Ducre 595 · U.S. census
- Ducret 100 · U.S. census
- Ducros 147 · U.S. census
- Ducy 110 · U.S. census
- Dudek 5,719 · U.S. census
- Dudoit 369 · U.S. census
- Dudziak 472 · U.S. census
- Dudzinski 884 · U.S. census
- Due 1,686 · U.S. census
- Duet 1,278 · U.S. census
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