The Wojtowicz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,349 people carried this name — #13,073 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,231 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Wojtowicz surname
Borrowed from Polish Wójtowicz or Wojtowicz.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wojtowicz» (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
24,758 people named Wojtowicz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 26,993 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 Lublin.
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 155 people named Wojtowicz.
60 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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
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 Wojtowicz 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
34 people named Wojtowicz live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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
85 people named Wojtowicz 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).
In print
Wojtowicz in American newspapers,
1900–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 846 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wojtowicz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Władysław Wojtowicz 1882–1940 -
Bazyli Wojtowicz 1899–1985 · sculptor -
Tadeusz Wojtowicz 1916–1985 · teacher -
Barbara Wojtowicz-Natanson 1924–2015 · physicist -
Jerzy Waldemar Wojtowicz 1929–2014 · engineer -
Wojciech Wojtowicz 1797– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 34 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wojtowicz.
- Wojciechowski 5,023 · U.S. census
- Wojcieszak 105 · U.S. census
- Wojcik 7,710 · U.S. census
- Wojtasik 189 · U.S. census
- Wojtczak 309 · U.S. census
- Wojtkowiak 291 · U.S. census
- Wolf 70,031 · U.S. census
- Wolfarth 274 · U.S. census
- Wolfer 1,390 · U.S. census
- Wolfersberger 188 · U.S. census
- Wolff 21,815 · U.S. census
- Wolfs 121 · U.S. census
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