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The Jastrzebski surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 477 people carried this name — #44,957 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 449 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Jastrzebski surname

Literally, “someone from Jastrzębie or Jastrząbki”, or other similar Polish locations.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Jastrzębski» (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

18,541 people named Jastrzebski have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 20,327 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 Masovian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Masovian 6,029
Silesian 1,210
Lublin 1,172
Lower Silesian 1,170
Podlaskie 1,107
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 1,062
Lesser Poland 942
Warmian-Masurian 925

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 94 people named Jastrzebski.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Pas-de-Calais 14
Nord 8
Ardennes 6
Moselle 6
Saône-et-Loire 5
Rhône 4
Aisne 4
Meuse 4

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 82 people named Jastrzebski 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

Buenos Aires Province 38
Santa Fe 34
City of Buenos Aires 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

20 people named Jastrzebski is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 20

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).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Jastrzebski is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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