Wajda surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Wajda surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 881 people carried this name — #26,125 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

5,239 people named Wajda have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 5,746 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 1,638
Subcarpathian 1,278
Silesian 780
Lower Silesian 478
West Pomeranian 204
Masovian 145
Opole 131
Warmian-Masurian 96

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 73 people named Wajda.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Rhône.

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
Rhône 7
Pas-de-Calais 6
Aisne 6
Calvados 5
Somme 5
Aveyron 3
Moselle 3
Marne 3

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

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