The Wawrzyniak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,093 people carried this name — #23,300 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,110 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
19,364 people named Wawrzyniak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 21,247 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 448 people named Wawrzyniak.
148 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 57 people named Wawrzyniak 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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
25 people named Wawrzyniak live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
36 people named Wawrzyniak 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).
Who carried it
People named Wawrzyniak,
with a public archive behind them.
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Piotr Wawrzyniak 1849–1910 · politician -
Piotr Wawrzyniak 1849–1910 · politician
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Antoni Wawrzyniak 1883–1954 · photographer -
Władysław Wawrzyniak 1890–1940 · military personnel -
Franciszek Wawrzyniak 1890–1945
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Franciszek Wawrzyniak 1890–1944
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wawrzyniak.
- Watson 252,579 · U.S. census
- Watt 15,211 · U.S. census
- Watte 138 · U.S. census
- Wattier 354 · U.S. census
- Watts 89,649 · U.S. census
- Wauters 459 · U.S. census
- Wax 1,838 · U.S. census
- Way 14,157 · U.S. census
- Weaver 143,837 · U.S. census
- Webb 168,878 · U.S. census
- Webber 26,405 · U.S. census
- Weber 109,433 · U.S. census
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