The Kaczka surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 255 people carried this name — #75,564 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 6% from 270 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kaczka surname
From kaczka (“duck”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kaczka» (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
770 people named Kaczka have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 833 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
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 54 people named Kaczka.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Kaczka 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 Kaczka,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jakub Kaczka 1820–1890 · teacher
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Karoline Kaczka 1873–1940
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Emiliano Kaczka 1972– · actor
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Guido Kaczka 1977– · actor
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Krzysztof Kaczka 1977– · flautist
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Romeo Kaczka 2008– · student
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kaczka.
- Juszczak 297 · U.S. census
- Juvenal 127 · U.S. census
- Ka 795 · U.S. census
- Kaas 620 · U.S. census
- Kaba 1,991 · U.S. census
- Kacher 274 · U.S. census
- Kaczmarczyk 1,275 · U.S. census
- Kaczmarek 4,052 · U.S. census
- Kaczmarski 704 · U.S. census
- Kaczor 1,711 · U.S. census
- Kaczorowski 839 · U.S. census
- Kada 212 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kaczka is.
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