The Dudziak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 468 people carried this name — #45,653 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 472 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Dudziak surname
From Duda + -ak.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dudziak» (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
6,850 people named Dudziak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,508 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 Greater Poland.
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 171 people named Dudziak.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Nord.
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.
Who carried it
People named Dudziak,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Dudziak 1928–2003 · judge
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Zenon Dudziak 1929–2011 · microbiologist
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Jan Dudziak 1930–2005 · politician
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Witold Dudziak 1934–2010 · architect
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Rafael Dudziak 1935– · anesthesiologist
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Marian Dudziak 1941– · engineer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dudziak.
When the index is not enough
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