The Krawczyk surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,516 people carried this name — #9,258 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,415 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Krawczyk surname
From Polish Krawczyk, literally "tailor's son".
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Krawczyk» (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
55,945 people named Krawczyk have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 61,637 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 580 people named Krawczyk.
203 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
95 people named Krawczyk live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 63 people named Krawczyk 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 54 people named Krawczyk live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
122 people named Krawczyk 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
Krawczyk in American newspapers,
1889–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,226 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Krawczyk,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Krawczyk 1888–1940 · Catholic priest -
Stanisław Krawczyk 1890–1940 · military officer -
Paweł Krawczyk 1897–1939 · military personnel -
Władysław Krawczyk 1897–1975 · military personnel -
Wacław Krawczyk 1915–1987 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 201 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Krawczyk.
- Kraus 19,028 · U.S. census
- Krause 34,722 · U.S. census
- Krauser 561 · U.S. census
- Krauss 6,865 · U.S. census
- Kraut 1,073 · U.S. census
- Krauth 727 · U.S. census
- Krawiec 1,194 · U.S. census
- Kreb 129 · U.S. census
- Kreber 168 · U.S. census
- Krebs 11,067 · U.S. census
- Kreder 194 · U.S. census
- Krein 1,057 · U.S. census
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