The Gajda surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 750 people carried this name — #29,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
17,176 people named Gajda have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 19,119 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 100 people named Gajda.
48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
43 people named Gajda live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gajda.
- Gaillard 2,304 · U.S. census
- Gailliard 298 · U.S. census
- Gain 1,865 · U.S. census
- Gaine 237 · U.S. census
- Gainza 149 · U.S. census
- Gajan 132 · U.S. census
- Gajewski 2,591 · U.S. census
- Gajic 145 · U.S. census
- Gal 927 · U.S. census
- Gala 984 · U.S. census
- Galan 6,057 · U.S. census
- Galano 511 · U.S. census
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