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The Krakowski surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 962 people carried this name — #25,640 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 986 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Krakowski surname

From the Polish surname Krakowski.

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

6,034 people named Krakowski have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 6,712 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 Greater Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 953
Masovian 780
Lesser Poland 729
Łódź 553
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 535
Silesian 509
Lower Silesian 402
Subcarpathian 276

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 Krakowski.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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 23
Pas-de-Calais 8
Loire 7
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Allier 5
Moselle 5
Aisne 3
Meuse 1
Ardennes 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

33 people named Krakowski is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 33

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).

Who carried it

People named Krakowski,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Menachem Krakowski 1870–1929 · rabbi
  • Édouard Krakowski 1896–1969 · historian
  • Józef Krakowski 1907–1943
  • Stefan Krakowski 1912–1999 · historian
  • Szymon Krakowski 1913–1944 · politician
  • Józef Krakowski 1914–1986 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Krakowski.

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