Zakrzewski
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Zakrzewie (from Pol. za beyond + krzewie thicket, collect¬ ive noun from kierz bush), with the addition of -ski, suffix of local surnames (see Baranowski)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/zɑkɝˈzuski/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zakrzewski is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country.
- PLPoland1 in 2.8K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 165K
- NONorway1 in 42K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Poland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 126 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)
13,511 people, 2026
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Zakrzewie (from Pol. za beyond + krzewie thicket, collect¬ ive noun from kierz bush), with the addition of -ski, suffix of local surnames (see Baranowski). Var.: Zakrzeski. Zaks see Sachs Zalcstein see Salt
Sources 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Zakrzewski counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | #139 | 13,511 | 1 in 2.8K | 13K | Zakrzewski | 116 |
| US United States | — | 2,016 | 1 in 165K | 2K | Zakrzewski | 126 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 169K | 175 | Zakrzewski | 48 |
| FR France | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 200K | 31 | Zakrzewski | 2 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 213K | — | Zakrzewski | 15 |
| NO Norway | — | 130 | 1 in 42K | 130 | Zakrzewski | 6 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 56K | — | Zakrzewski | 7 |
| FI Finland | — | 60 | 1 in 93K | 60 | — | 1 |
13,511 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewskib. 1745PLPolish politician (1745-1802)
- Marie Zakrzewskab. 1829USnot in their usual namePolish-American physician
- Stanisław Zakrzewskib. 1873PLPolish historian (1873–1936)
- Konstanty Zakrzewskib. 1876PLPolish physicist
- Kazimierz Zakrzewskib. 1900PLhistorian, publicist
- Piotr Zakrzewskib. 1947PLPolish architect
- Pierre Zakrzewskib. 1966FRIrish news cameraman and photojournalist of French and Polish descent (1966-2022)
- Zbigniew Zakrzewskib. 1981PLPolish footballer
- Philipp Zakrzewskib. 1983film producer
- Alex ZakrzewskiUSTelevision director and cinematographer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 13K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 13K | #82 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2K | #13,648 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2K | #14,739 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2K | #14,640 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 175 | #23,219 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 130 | #12,096 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 86 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 86 | #33,998 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 61 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 60 | #19,577 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 57 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Zakrzewski come from?
- Zakrzewie (from Pol. za beyond + krzewie thicket, collect¬ ive noun from kierz bush), with the addition of -ski, suffix of local surnames (see Baranowski). Var.: Zakrzeski. Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- How do you pronounce Zakrzewski?
- A machine transcription gives /zɑkɝˈzuski/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Zakrzewski mean?
- Recorded meaning: Zakrzewie (from Pol. za beyond + krzewie thicket, collect¬ ive noun from kierz bush), with the addition of -ski, suffix of local surnames (see Baranowski).
- In which country does Zakrzewski have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Zakrzewski, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zakrzewski.
- Where is Zakrzewski most common?
- Zakrzewski is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.8 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Zakrzewski?
- In Poland, the national register counted 13,511 people named Zakrzewski in 2026, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Zakrzewski compared with other names?
- In Poland, Zakrzewski is the 139th most common surname of 240,840 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zakrzewski” — the 139th most common surname in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.