The Szczygiel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 505 people carried this name — #42,858 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 5% from 531 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Szczygiel surname
From szczygieł (“goldfinch”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Szczygieł» (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
10,431 people named Szczygiel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 11,504 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 Silesian.
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 60 people named Szczygiel.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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 the Nordic population registers
27 people named Szczygiel 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Szczygiel.
- Szafranski 1,201 · U.S. census
- Szczepaniak 751 · U.S. census
- Szczepanski 2,036 · U.S. census
- Szczesniak 632 · U.S. census
- Szczesny 821 · U.S. census
- Szczurek 204 · U.S. census
- Szelag 243 · U.S. census
- Szewczyk 1,977 · U.S. census
- Szostak 795 · U.S. census
- Szpak 433 · U.S. census
- Szulc 320 · U.S. census
- Szwarc 301 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Szczygiel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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