The Mazur surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,733 people carried this name — #4,069 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (8,721).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mazur surname
Back-formation from Mazury.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mazur» (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
60,056 people named Mazur have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 69,785 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 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 606 people named Mazur 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 mapWhere they live today
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 539 people named Mazur.
181 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 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
227 people named Mazur live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 145 people named Mazur 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
527 people named Mazur are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Mazur in American newspapers,
1904–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,028 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mazur,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gyula Mazur 1888–1953 · sport cyclist -
Eliyahu Mazur 1889–1973 · politician -
Franciszek Mazur 1895–1975 · politician -
Józef Mazur 1896–1977 · physicist -
Stanisław Mazur 1897–1940 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 234 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mazur.
- Mazerolle 246 · U.S. census
- Maziarz 1,123 · U.S. census
- Mazin 296 · U.S. census
- Mazmanian 318 · U.S. census
- Mazo 837 · U.S. census
- Mazon 2,138 · U.S. census
- Mazure 390 · U.S. census
- Mazurek 2,945 · U.S. census
- Mazurkiewicz 1,148 · U.S. census
- Mazy 179 · U.S. census
- Mazza 8,043 · U.S. census
- Mazzanti 534 · U.S. census
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