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The Krawiec surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,194 people carried this name — #21,774 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,076 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Krawiec surname

From Polish krawiec (“tailor”).

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

11,196 people named Krawiec have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 12,502 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 Subcarpathian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Subcarpathian 2,023
Silesian 1,402
Greater Poland 1,139
Lesser Poland 1,126
Lower Silesian 1,105
Łódź 621
Opole 603
Lublin 588

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 201 people named Krawiec 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 119
City of Buenos Aires 48
Chaco 34

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 129 people named Krawiec.

45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Oise.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 45
Oise 10
Nord 9
Aisne 8
Moselle 8
Gironde 5
Sarthe 5
Pas-de-Calais 5
Calvados 5

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

In the Nordic population registers

29 people named Krawiec is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 29

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 Krawiec,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jan Krawiec
    Jan Krawiec 1909–1940 · military officer
  • Benedykt Krawiec 1901–1971 · politician
  • Jean Malara 1906–1986 · historian
  • Feliks Krawiec 1906–1939 · university teacher
  • Jan Krawiec 1919–2020 · writer
  • Jan Krawiec 1919–2020 · writer

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

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