The Szymczak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,593 people carried this name — #17,639 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,534 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
23,239 people named Szymczak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 25,283 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 490 people named Szymczak.
145 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 91 people named Szymczak 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 Misiones.
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
35 people named Szymczak live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Szymczak in American newspapers,
1888–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,914 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Szymczak,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ryszard Szymczak 1944–1996 · association football player -
Andrzej Szymczak 1948–2016 · handball player -
Edward Szymczak 1948– · athletics competitor -
Zbigniew Szymczak 1952–2019 · chess player -
Damian Szymczak 1976– · historian -
Matt S. Szymczak 1894–1978 · official
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 65 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Szymczak.
- Szwarc 301 · U.S. census
- Szwed 494 · U.S. census
- Szydlowski 967 · U.S. census
- Szymanek 172 · U.S. census
- Szymaniak 120 · U.S. census
- Szymanski 8,748 · U.S. census
- Szymkowiak 341 · U.S. census
- Szyszka 212 · U.S. census
- Ta 8,017 · U.S. census
- Taba 226 · U.S. census
- Tabacchi 244 · U.S. census
- Tabar 630 · U.S. census
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