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The Tokarz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,392 people carried this name — #19,416 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,392).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Tokarz surname

From Polish Tokarz, from tokarz (“turner”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tokarz» (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

6,995 people named Tokarz have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 7,482 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 map

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 2,751
Subcarpathian 1,092
Silesian 700
Lower Silesian 631
Lublin 308
Opole 216
Masovian 213
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 180

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 52 people named Tokarz.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Paris 4
Somme 3
Moselle 3
Loiret 2
Yvelines 2
Saône-et-Loire 2
Hérault 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Tokarz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wacław Tokarz
    Wacław Tokarz 1873–1937 · military officer
  • Kazimierz Tokarz
    Kazimierz Tokarz 1920–2001 · school teacher
  • Franciszek Tokarz 1897–1973 · orientalist
  • Bronislao Tokarz 1907–1984 · painter
  • Helena Tokarz 1926–1994 · botanist
  • Krystyna Tokarzówna 1927–2000 · literary scholar

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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