The Majka surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,571 people carried this name — #17,818 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is down 5% from 1,656 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
6,984 people named Majka have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,592 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 Lesser 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 66 people named Majka.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 33 people named Majka 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.
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 print
Majka in American newspapers,
1917–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,134 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Majka,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andrzej Majka 1910–1942
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Władysław Majka 1912–1945
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Józef Majka 1918–1993 · teacher
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Stanislav Majka 1918– · soldier
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Jerzy Majka 1930–1991 · writer
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Jadwiga Majka 1931–2016 · athletics competitor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Majka.
- Maj 470 · U.S. census
- Majcher 605 · U.S. census
- Majchrzak 709 · U.S. census
- Majer 483 · U.S. census
- Majerus 1,276 · U.S. census
- Majewski 5,126 · U.S. census
- Major 20,977 · U.S. census
- Maka 636 · U.S. census
- Makhlouf 404 · U.S. census
- Makowski 3,942 · U.S. census
- Maksimovic 201 · U.S. census
- Mal 291 · U.S. census
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