The Szczesny surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 821 people carried this name — #28,940 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 766 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Szczesny surname
From szczęsny, a semantic loan from Latin Fēlīx.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary — entries «Szczesny» (English) and «Szczęsny» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
7,503 people named Szczesny have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,444 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 95 people named Szczesny.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Szczesny.
- Szabo 7,678 · U.S. census
- Szafran 543 · U.S. census
- Szafranski 1,201 · U.S. census
- Szczepaniak 751 · U.S. census
- Szczepanski 2,036 · U.S. census
- Szczesniak 632 · U.S. census
- Szczurek 204 · U.S. census
- Szczygiel 505 · U.S. census
- Szelag 243 · U.S. census
- Szewczyk 1,977 · U.S. census
- Szostak 795 · U.S. census
- Szpak 433 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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