The Szewczyk surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,977 people carried this name — #14,957 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,823 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Szewczyk surname
From Polish Szewczyk, from szewczyk.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Szewczyk» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
37,037 people named Szewczyk have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 40,679 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 272 people named Szewczyk.
113 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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
59 people named Szewczyk live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 41 people named Szewczyk 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 Antwerp.
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
110 people named Szewczyk 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
Szewczyk in American newspapers,
1894–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 878 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Szewczyk,
with a public archive behind them.
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Łucja Szewczyk 1828–1905 · nun -
Feliks Szewczyk 1863–1932 · illustrator -
Adam Szewczyk 1892–1983 · teacher -
Jan Szewczyk 1896–1969 · military officer -
Piotr Szewczyk 1908–1988
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 131 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Szewczyk.
- Szczepanski 2,036 · U.S. census
- Szczesniak 632 · U.S. census
- Szczesny 821 · U.S. census
- Szczurek 204 · U.S. census
- Szczygiel 505 · U.S. census
- Szelag 243 · U.S. census
- Szostak 795 · U.S. census
- Szpak 433 · U.S. census
- Szulc 320 · U.S. census
- Szwarc 301 · U.S. census
- Szwed 494 · U.S. census
- Szydlowski 967 · U.S. census
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