The Krajewski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,416 people carried this name — #9,515 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,426).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Krajewski surname
From Krajewo (place name) + -ski. Place name from kraj.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Krajewski» (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
24,769 people named Krajewski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 27,327 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 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 154 people named Krajewski.
57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Krajewski 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
65 people named Krajewski 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
Krajewski in American newspapers,
1883–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,662 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Krajewski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michał Dymitr Krajewski 1746–1817 · writer -
Michał Dymitr Krajewski 1746–1817 · writer
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Andrey Krayevsky 1810–1889 · editing staff -
Aleksander Albert Krajewski 1818–1903 · translator -
Aleksander Albert Krajewski 1818–1903 · translator
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Waldemar Krajewski d. 2015 · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Krajewski.
- Kozma 1,294 · U.S. census
- Kracher 137 · U.S. census
- Kraemer 7,726 · U.S. census
- Krafft 1,211 · U.S. census
- Kraft 22,035 · U.S. census
- Krahenbuhl 484 · U.S. census
- Krakowiak 366 · U.S. census
- Krakowski 962 · U.S. census
- Kramer 63,936 · U.S. census
- Kramp 1,433 · U.S. census
- Krantz 6,436 · U.S. census
- Kranz 5,141 · U.S. census
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