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The Przybyl surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 378 people carried this name — #54,530 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 366 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Przybyl surname

From przybyć (“to arrive”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Przybył» (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

6,479 people named Przybyl have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 7,085 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 map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 3,227
Łódź 921
Lower Silesian 394
Silesian 350
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 306
Lubusz 276
West Pomeranian 216
Masovian 202

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 Przybyl.

41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Nord.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 41
Nord 16
Pas-de-Calais 9
Saône-et-Loire 8
Moselle 6
Aisne 4
Yvelines 3
Côte-d’Or 2
Charente 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

30 people named Przybyl is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 30

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).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Przybyl 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.

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