The Wozniak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,526 people carried this name — #4,156 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (8,563).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Wozniak surname
A male surname; one of the most popular surnames in Poland.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Wozniak» (English) and «Woźniak» (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
78,601 people named Wozniak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 85,774 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 Masovian.
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 941 people named Wozniak.
312 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 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 284 people named Wozniak 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
107 people named Wozniak live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 48 people named Wozniak 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 Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
468 people named Wozniak are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Wozniak in American newspapers,
1911–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,753 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wozniak,
with a public archive behind them.
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D.D. Wozniak 1922–2005 · judge -
Steve Wozniak 1950– · actor -
Olivier Wozniak 1960– · comics artist -
Marina Wozniak 1979– · association football assistant referee -
Daniel Wozniak 1984– · murderer -
Ferdinand Wozniak 1914–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 59 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wozniak.
- Woog 155 · U.S. census
- Worms 298 · U.S. census
- Wormser 282 · U.S. census
- Wos 446 · U.S. census
- Wourms 191 · U.S. census
- Wouters 412 · U.S. census
- Woznica 126 · U.S. census
- Wozny 1,011 · U.S. census
- Wright 458,980 · U.S. census
- Wrobel 4,493 · U.S. census
- Wroblewski 4,570 · U.S. census
- Wrona 1,415 · U.S. census
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