The Zmuda surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,091 people carried this name — #23,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,073 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Zmuda surname
From Polish Zmuda or Żmuda.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zmuda» (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
9,887 people named Zmuda have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 10,893 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 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 128 people named Zmuda.
38 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
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 29 people named Zmuda 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
21 people named Zmuda 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 Zmuda,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bob Zmuda 1949– · screenwriter
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Gene Zmuda 1958– · judge
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Grzegorz Zmuda 1984– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zmuda.
- Zito 5,257 · U.S. census
- Zittel 308 · U.S. census
- Zitter 170 · U.S. census
- Zivanovic 138 · U.S. census
- Zivkovic 479 · U.S. census
- Zizzo 888 · U.S. census
- Zobel 1,556 · U.S. census
- Zoccola 150 · U.S. census
- Zoeller 1,965 · U.S. census
- Zoldan 238 · U.S. census
- Zoller 2,667 · U.S. census
- Zonca 255 · U.S. census
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