The Nawrocki surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,551 people carried this name — #12,208 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 116,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,499 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Nawrocki surname
From Nawrotów (place name) + -cki. Place name from nawrócić.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nawrocki» (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
17,794 people named Nawrocki have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 19,686 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 246 people named Nawrocki.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 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
23 people named Nawrocki live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Glarus.
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 the Nordic population registers
45 people named Nawrocki 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
Nawrocki in American newspapers,
1892–1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,301 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nawrocki,
with a public archive behind them.
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Władysław Nawrocki 1870–1931 · poet -
Jan Nawrocki 1876–1958 · politician -
Władysław Nawrocki 1891–1940 -
Jan Nawrocki 1892– · engineer -
Władysław Nawrocki 1892–1942 · military officer -
Franciszek Nawrocki 1817–1912
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nawrocki.
- Navarro 99,807 · U.S. census
- Navas 4,953 · U.S. census
- Nave 4,946 · U.S. census
- Navel 134 · U.S. census
- Naves 628 · U.S. census
- Naville 198 · U.S. census
- Nawrot 530 · U.S. census
- Nay 4,826 · U.S. census
- Naz 744 · U.S. census
- Nazaire 737 · U.S. census
- Nazareth 520 · U.S. census
- Nazarian 2,004 · U.S. census
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