The Zaremba surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,372 people carried this name — #12,948 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,422 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Zaremba surname
Variant of the surname Zaręba, from the verb zarąbać (“to chop”). The surname may refer to a woodcutter or Zaręby (places in Poland).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zaremba» (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
10,746 people named Zaremba have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 12,286 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 129 people named Zaremba.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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 72 people named Zaremba 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
26 people named Zaremba live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
43 people named Zaremba 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
Zaremba in American newspapers,
1898–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,591 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zaremba,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andrzej Zaremba 1250–1318 · bishop -
Thomas II Zaremba 1300–1292 · bishop -
Józef Zaremba 1731–1774 · military officer -
Marcin Zaremba d. 1437 · statesperson
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Jan Zaremba d. 1520
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Wacław Zaremba d. 1550
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zaremba.
- Zappa 1,100 · U.S. census
- Zappia 1,110 · U.S. census
- Zara 725 · U.S. census
- Zaragoza 18,908 · U.S. census
- Zarate 20,992 · U.S. census
- Zarb 199 · U.S. census
- Zarka 192 · U.S. census
- Zaug 155 · U.S. census
- Zaugg 1,039 · U.S. census
- Zawada 774 · U.S. census
- Zawadzki 1,347 · U.S. census
- Zaza 280 · U.S. census
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