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

The Wrona surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,327 people carried this name — #18,994 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

16,010 people named Wrona have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 17,296 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 Lesser Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 3,722
Silesian 2,468
Holy Cross 1,648
Subcarpathian 1,622
Lublin 1,463
Masovian 1,429
Lower Silesian 1,209
Łódź 613

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 129 people named Wrona.

40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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

Born outside France 40
Nord 13
Somme 12
Meurthe-et-Moselle 12
Paris 7
Pas-de-Calais 7
Nièvre 7
Haut-Rhin 6
Moselle 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

43 people named Wrona live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 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

Zurich 12
Bern 10
Aargau 4
Basel-Landschaft 4
Schaffhausen 4
Glarus 3
Lucerne 3
Schwyz 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 21 people named Wrona 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 Antwerp.

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

Where they live today

Antwerp 11
Flemish Brabant 5
East Flanders 5

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

In print

Wrona in American newspapers,
1906–1951.

Newspaper page from Ameryka Echo carrying the name Wrona
Ameryka Echo 1906-01-20
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Wrona
The Daily Missoulian 1914-07-30
Newspaper page from The Wyandotte Herald carrying the name Wrona
The Wyandotte Herald 1940-01-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,075 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Wrona,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Stefan Wrona
    Stefan Wrona 1945– · architect
  • Janusz Wrona
    Janusz Wrona 1953– · historian
  • Tadeusz Wrona
    Tadeusz Wrona 1954– · aircraft pilot
  • Hirek Wrona
    Hirek Wrona 1960– · disc jockey
  • Zdzisław Wrona
    Zdzisław Wrona 1962– · sport cyclist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 43 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Wrona is.
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