The Wozny surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,011 people carried this name — #24,685 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 957 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Wozny surname
From Polish Woźny.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wozny» (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
5,465 people named Wozny have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 6,084 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 104 people named Wozny.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Nord.
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 28 people named Wozny 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 the Nordic population registers
27 people named Wozny 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 Wozny,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bruno Wozny 1872–1923 · architect
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Günter Wozny 1947– · university teacher
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Oliver Wozny 1968–
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Florence Wozny 1973– · politician
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Christian Wozny 2000– · researcher
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wozny.
- Wormser 282 · U.S. census
- Wos 446 · U.S. census
- Wourms 191 · U.S. census
- Wouters 412 · U.S. census
- Wozniak 8,526 · U.S. census
- Woznica 126 · 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
- Wronski 777 · U.S. census
- Wu 71,721 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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