The Zawadzki surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,347 people carried this name — #19,924 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 217,400 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,248 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Zawadzki surname
From zawada (“hindrance”) + -zki (surname-forming suffix).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zawadzki» (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
33,216 people named Zawadzki have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 36,429 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 191 people named Zawadzki.
57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 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 103 people named Zawadzki 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
30 people named Zawadzki live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 20 people named Zawadzki 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 Hainaut.
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
85 people named Zawadzki 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 Zawadzki,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kazimierz Zawadzki 1642–1691 · writer -
Józef Zawadzki 1781–1838 · typographer -
Aleksander Zawadzki 1798–1868 · naturalist -
Adam Zawadzki 1814–1875 · printer -
Władysław Zawadzki 1824–1891 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 188 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zawadzki.
- Zarb 199 · U.S. census
- Zaremba 2,372 · U.S. census
- Zarka 192 · U.S. census
- Zaug 155 · U.S. census
- Zaugg 1,039 · U.S. census
- Zawada 774 · U.S. census
- Zaza 280 · U.S. census
- Zbinden 421 · U.S. census
- Zborowski 289 · U.S. census
- Zebrowski 1,739 · U.S. census
- Zecca 677 · U.S. census
- Zecchini 210 · U.S. census
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