The Sroka surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,187 people carried this name — #13,824 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 135,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,187).
What the name means
The meaning of the Sroka surname
From sroka (“magpie”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sroka» (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
14,461 people named Sroka have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 15,710 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 Lesser 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 158 people named Sroka.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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 72 people named Sroka 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Sroka live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Sroka 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 Hainaut.
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
42 people named Sroka 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
Sroka in American newspapers,
1917–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,064 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sroka,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henryk Sroka 1858–1941 · pastor -
Antoni Sroka 1864–1932 · librarian -
Wilhelm Sroka 1866–1939 · architect -
Wilhelm Sroka 1866–1939 · architect -
Wilhelm Sroka 1866–1939 · architect
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Franciszek Sroka 1892– · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sroka.
- Sprecher 1,783 · U.S. census
- Spreng 422 · U.S. census
- Sprenger 2,207 · U.S. census
- Spriet 183 · U.S. census
- Springer 31,643 · U.S. census
- Spychala 204 · U.S. census
- Staat 430 · U.S. census
- Stabile 2,880 · U.S. census
- Stable 108 · U.S. census
- Stach 1,375 · U.S. census
- Stachowiak 1,449 · U.S. census
- Stachowski 958 · U.S. census
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