Zawacki Surname

116,667th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,950 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Poland

Zawacki Surname Definition:

(Polish) One who came from Zawada (troublemaker), a village in Poland.

Zawacki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7031:134,09514,068
Poland9131:41,6316,526
Canada1191:309,62728,530
Brazil881:2,432,66374,473
France611:1,088,897118,069
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
Israel121:713,13647,700
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Zawackí (1) are calculated separately.

Zawacki Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) One who came from Zawada (troublemaker), a village in Poland.

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

Zawacki Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zawacki is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Zawackí. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zawacki? popularity and diffusion

It is the 116,667th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,844,948 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Zawacki are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Zawacki is most common in The United States, where it is held by 2,703 people, or 1 in 134,095. In The United States Zawacki is most frequent in: Michigan, where 15 percent reside, Illinois, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 23 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Zawacki Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Zawacki surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.

The amount Zawacki earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.94% more than the national average, earning $47,008 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.98% less than the national average, earning $48,698 CAD per year.

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