The Paprocki surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,098 people carried this name — #23,222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,030 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Paprocki surname
Paproć, Paprotki, Paprotno, Paproty) derived from paproć (“fern”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Paprocki» (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
5,387 people named Paprocki have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,968 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 Masovian.
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 71 people named Paprocki.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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 41 people named Paprocki 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.
Who carried it
People named Paprocki,
with a public archive behind them.
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Teodor Paprocki 1856–1895 · bookseller -
Teodor Paprocki 1856–1895 · bookseller
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Wenceslaus Paprocki d. 1642 · Catholic priest
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Bartosz Paprocki 1543–1614 · writer
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Bartosz Paprocki 1543–1614 · writer
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Franciszek Paprocki 1723–1805 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paprocki.
- Papin 717 · U.S. census
- Papineau 1,584 · U.S. census
- Papini 390 · U.S. census
- Papion 105 · U.S. census
- Papp 4,162 · U.S. census
- Pappalardo 1,908 · U.S. census
- Paque 321 · U.S. census
- Paquet 1,288 · U.S. census
- Paquette 9,606 · U.S. census
- Paquin 4,064 · U.S. census
- Para 1,157 · U.S. census
- Parache 196 · U.S. census
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