Kowalczyk Surname

4,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122,390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Kowalczyk Surname Definition:

(Polish) The son of the smith.

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Kowalczyk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland107,2781:3544
United States7,9551:45,5645,560
Germany1,8611:43,2595,679
France1,4851:44,7295,687
England1,0401:53,5756,537
Canada7211:51,1036,172
Brazil2121:1,009,78535,690
Norway2031:25,3313,400
Australia1971:137,03414,802
Sweden1331:74,0365,554
Thailand1291:547,58494,071
Belgium1261:91,24314,134
Czechia1081:98,45816,343
Spain1011:462,89123,948
Ireland961:49,0513,577
Denmark911:62,0306,253
Netherlands901:187,63526,551
Austria881:96,76614,085
Argentina781:547,99239,725
Scotland701:76,4835,732
Italy601:1,019,27870,256
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
Switzerland321:256,65421,165
Portugal281:372,08012,265
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Hungary241:409,01227,854
Slovakia211:254,11739,106
Iceland181:21,1161,735
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Finland61:916,11741,832
Wales51:618,90625,852
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Belize11:355,4743,977
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Kowalczyk (26) may also be a first name.

Kowalczyk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) The son of the smith.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Kowal means 'blacksmith' in Polish. Kowalski means 'blacksmith student'.

- matieez

Kowalczyk Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kowalczyk Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kowalczyk is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kowalczyk? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kowalczyk is the 4,593rd most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 59,544 people. The surname Kowalczyk occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Kowalczyk are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 26 people.

The last name Kowalczyk is most frequent in Poland, where it is carried by 107,278 people, or 1 in 354. Not including Poland Kowalczyk occurs in 62 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.

Kowalczyk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kowalczyk surname are 4.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.09% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kowalczyk earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 60.23% less than the national average, earning €11,943 per year; in Norway they earn 30.59% less than the national average, earning 240,230 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 21.37% more than the national average, earning R 288,432 per year; in United States they earn 7.54% more than the national average, earning $46,402 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.46% more than the national average, earning $54,382 CAD per year.

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