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

The Wojciechowski surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,023 people carried this name — #6,721 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,901 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Wojciechowski surname

From Wojciechowice /Wojciechowo /Wojciechów + -ski.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wojciechowski» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

58,270 people named Wojciechowski have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 64,239 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 map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 12,044
Masovian 9,108
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 6,011
Łódź 5,224
Lower Silesian 3,867
Silesian 3,385
Pomeranian 3,122
West Pomeranian 3,071

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 554 people named Wojciechowski.

157 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 157
Pas-de-Calais 128
Nord 84
Moselle 37
Seine-et-Marne 15
Saône-et-Loire 13
Orne 10
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Eure 7

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 54 people named Wojciechowski 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 Hainaut.

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

Where they live today

Hainaut 18
Limburg 17
Liège 10
Antwerp 9

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

44 people named Wojciechowski live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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

Where they live today

Bern 8
Vaud 7
Zurich 7
Aargau 6
Thurgau 5
Lucerne 4
Solothurn 4
Basel-Landschaft 3

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 37 people named Wojciechowski 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

Buenos Aires Province 37

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

81 people named Wojciechowski is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 81

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

Wojciechowski in American newspapers,
1901–1959.

Newspaper page from Wiarus carrying the name Wojciechowski
Wiarus 1901-07-11
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Wojciechowski
The Washington Times 1926-05-15
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Wojciechowski
Evening Star 1935-10-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,186 pages in all carry the name.

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