The Giza surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 931 people carried this name — #26,243 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 9% from 857 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Giza surname
A male surname from German.
Borrowed from German Giese or a variant of Giża with mazurzenie.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Giza» (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
4,982 people named Giza have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,588 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 Lesser 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 53 people named Giza.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Aisne.
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
23 people named Giza live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
30 people named Giza 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).
Who carried it
People named Giza,
with a public archive behind them.
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Józef Giza 1887–1965 · military officer -
Jan Giza 1510–1583
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Jakub Giza 1540–1603 · merchant
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Antoni Giza 1947–2005 · historian
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Hanna Maria Giza 1948– · actor
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Anna Giza 1955– · sociologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Giza.
- Giuliano 2,951 · U.S. census
- Giunta 2,331 · U.S. census
- Giuntini 162 · U.S. census
- Giusti 1,760 · U.S. census
- Giustiniani 141 · U.S. census
- Giusto 751 · U.S. census
- Gizzi 1,227 · U.S. census
- Glab 483 · U.S. census
- Glace 449 · U.S. census
- Glad 1,156 · U.S. census
- Gladieux 489 · U.S. census
- Gladin 298 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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