The Kurzawa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 394 people carried this name — #52,619 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 374 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
5,020 people named Kurzawa have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,496 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 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 94 people named Kurzawa.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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.
Who carried it
People named Kurzawa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoni Kurzawa 1842–1898 · sculptor -
Alfred Władysław Kurzawa 1905–1973
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Józef Kurzawa 1910–1940 · Catholic priest
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Zbigniew Kurzawa 1924–2003 · chemist
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Maria Kurzawa 1941–2005 · chemist
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Lothar Kurzawa 1952– · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kurzawa.
- Kurek 1,703 · U.S. census
- Kurowski 1,717 · U.S. census
- Kurt 1,542 · U.S. census
- Kurtz 24,216 · U.S. census
- Kury 334 · U.S. census
- Kurz 3,874 · U.S. census
- Kus 936 · U.S. census
- Kusiak 541 · U.S. census
- Kuss 1,700 · U.S. census
- Kuster 1,963 · U.S. census
- Kusz 271 · U.S. census
- Kuta 1,212 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kurzawa 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.
