The Gwozdz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 646 people carried this name — #34,916 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 24% from 522 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gwozdz surname
From Polish Gwóźdź or Gwoźdź.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gwozdz» (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
7,156 people named Gwozdz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,201 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 64 people named Gwozdz.
Most of them — 34 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 44 people named Gwozdz 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.
Who carried it
People named Gwozdz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wencke Gwozdz 1978– · researcher
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Michelle Gwozdz 1994– · bank teller
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gwozdz.
- Guyot 683 · U.S. census
- Guyotte 153 · U.S. census
- Guzik 1,760 · U.S. census
- Guzman 167,044 · U.S. census
- Guzzo 1,883 · U.S. census
- Gwinner 415 · U.S. census
- Gyde 148 · U.S. census
- Ha 18,156 · U.S. census
- Haab 436 · U.S. census
- Haag 9,957 · U.S. census
- Haage 331 · U.S. census
- Haan 1,940 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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