The Wysocki surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,758 people carried this name — #7,035 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,100 people counted. That is down 3% from 4,920 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Wysocki surname
From Wysocko, Wysoka, or Wysokie (place names) + -cki. Place names from wysoki.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wysocki» (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
28,220 people named Wysocki have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 31,344 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 205 people named Wysocki.
45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 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 109 people named Wysocki 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
27 people named Wysocki live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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
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
60 people named Wysocki 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
Wysocki in American newspapers,
1916–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,578 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wysocki.
- Wurtz 2,357 · U.S. census
- Wurtzel 411 · U.S. census
- Wust 157 · U.S. census
- Wuthrich 765 · U.S. census
- Wyffels 403 · U.S. census
- Wypych 213 · U.S. census
- Wyss 2,102 · U.S. census
- Xavier 3,367 · U.S. census
- Ximenez 401 · U.S. census
- Xiong 37,499 · U.S. census
- Xu 25,622 · U.S. census
- Xuereb 245 · U.S. census
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