The Sobczak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,740 people carried this name — #11,484 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 107,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,676 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
25,372 people named Sobczak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 27,748 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 331 people named Sobczak.
97 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Nord.
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
55 people named Sobczak live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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
71 people named Sobczak 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
Sobczak in American newspapers,
1913–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,009 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sobczak,
with a public archive behind them.
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Magdalena Sobczak-Kotnarowska 1901– · violinist -
Kazimierz Sobczak 1923–2004 · military officer -
Eddy Sobczak 1947– · association football player -
Jerzy Sobczak 1952– · engineer -
Krzysztof Sobczak 1955– · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 88 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sobczak.
- Smolen 1,655 · U.S. census
- Smolinski 2,125 · U.S. census
- So 7,456 · U.S. census
- Soares 11,694 · U.S. census
- Soave 569 · U.S. census
- Sobanski 262 · U.S. census
- Sobczyk 598 · U.S. census
- Sobieraj 285 · U.S. census
- Sobkowiak 358 · U.S. census
- Sobol 1,374 · U.S. census
- Sobolewski 1,593 · U.S. census
- Sobral 188 · U.S. census
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