The Konopka surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,447 people carried this name — #12,644 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 120,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,437).
In Poland’s population register
11,071 people named Konopka have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 12,245 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 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 75 people named Konopka 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 Misiones.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Konopka.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Konopka live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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
44 people named Konopka 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).
In print
Konopka in American newspapers,
1918–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 865 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Konopka,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Kazimierz Konopka 1769–1805 · lawyer -
Jan Konopka 1777–1814 · military officer -
Jan Konopka 1777–1814 · military officer
-
Yuliya Konopka 1785–1834 -
Józef Konopka 1818–1880 · politician -
Jakub Tadeusz Konopka d. 1767
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Konopka.
- Konate 571 · U.S. census
- Konczak 249 · U.S. census
- Kone 1,431 · U.S. census
- Kong 14,165 · U.S. census
- Konieczny 1,740 · U.S. census
- Konig 743 · U.S. census
- Konrad 3,052 · U.S. census
- Konrath 670 · U.S. census
- Konte 178 · U.S. census
- Koob 1,139 · U.S. census
- Koos 926 · U.S. census
- Kopec 2,639 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Konopka 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.