Surname CHRAPEK

People with the surname CHRAPEK in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 1,089 men and 1,141 women. Most registered in: ŚLĄSKIE.

6 verified statements · 1 possible finding

male

1,089people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 19,465

Most registered in: ŚLĄSKIE (41.2%, 20 January 2026)

female

1,141people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 18,896

Most registered in: ŚLĄSKIE (43.4%, 20 January 2026)

Each 1-in-X is computed within its own dataset. The datasets are different sizes, so these two figures are not compared with each other.

How many people have this surname?

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How many people have this surname?

The PESEL register publishes two separate surname lists, male and female. We show each figure on its own and never add them up.

male

1,089 people were registered with the surname CHRAPEK (male) in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

1,141 people were registered with the surname CHRAPEK (female) in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

The male and female datasets are separate and are never summed.

How rare is this surname?

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How rare is this surname?

“1 in X” means that roughly one in every X people on this list has this surname. The bigger X, the rarer the name. The rank counts from the most common surname on the list.

male

about 1 in 19,465

#2,739 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 19,465 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname CHRAPEK on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

CHRAPEK (male) ranked 2,739 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #2,735NAZARUK1,091
  2. #2,735SZCZEPANKIEWICZ1,091
  3. #2,739CHRAPEK this surname1,089
  4. #2,744GONERA1,088
  5. #2,744MAGDA1,088

female

about 1 in 18,896

#2,667 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 18,896 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname CHRAPEK on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

CHRAPEK (female) ranked 2,667 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #2,664DEMCHENKO1,142
  2. #2,664RUSZKIEWICZ1,142
  3. #2,667CHRAPEK this surname1,141
  4. #2,671RZĄSA1,140
  5. #2,671ŚWIERK1,140

Two places above and two below on the same list. Surnames with the same count share a place.

Where is it most often registered?

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Where is it most often registered?

The map and the list show the voivodeships where people with this surname have a registered permanent address. The brighter the colour and the longer the bar, the bigger the share.

male

Among the 978 people with the surname CHRAPEK (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 41.2% were registered in ŚLĄSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 9.3% (91)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 1.1% (11)LUBELSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBUSKIE: 0.4% (4)ŁÓDZKIE: 3.0% (29)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 15.1% (148)MAZOWIECKIE: 4.0% (39)OPOLSKIE: 0.8% (8)PODKARPACKIE: 11.0% (108)PODLASKIE: 0.4% (4)POMORSKIE: 2.1% (21)ŚLĄSKIE: 41.2% (403)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 7.1% (69)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 0.7% (7)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 2.6% (25)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 1.1% (11)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–10%
  • 10%–20%
  • 20%–30%
  • 30%–40%
  • 40%–50%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
ŚLĄSKIE41.2%403
MAŁOPOLSKIE15.1%148
PODKARPACKIE11.0%108
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE9.3%91
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE7.1%69
MAZOWIECKIE4.0%39
ŁÓDZKIE3.0%29
WIELKOPOLSKIE2.6%25
POMORSKIE2.1%21
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE1.1%11
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE1.1%11
OPOLSKIE0.8%8
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE0.7%7
LUBUSKIE0.4%4
PODLASKIE0.4%4

female

Among the 1,065 people with the surname CHRAPEK (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 43.4% were registered in ŚLĄSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 8.5% (90)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 1.1% (12)LUBELSKIE: 0.2% (2)LUBUSKIE: 0.7% (7)ŁÓDZKIE: 2.4% (26)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 13.2% (141)MAZOWIECKIE: 4.8% (51)OPOLSKIE: 0.8% (8)PODKARPACKIE: 9.3% (99)PODLASKIE: 1.0% (11)POMORSKIE: 2.2% (23)ŚLĄSKIE: 43.4% (462)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 7.2% (77)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 0.7% (7)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 3.8% (40)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 0.8% (9)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–10%
  • 10%–20%
  • 20%–30%
  • 30%–40%
  • 40%–50%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
ŚLĄSKIE43.4%462
MAŁOPOLSKIE13.2%141
PODKARPACKIE9.3%99
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE8.5%90
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE7.2%77
MAZOWIECKIE4.8%51
WIELKOPOLSKIE3.8%40
ŁÓDZKIE2.4%26
POMORSKIE2.2%23
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE1.1%12
PODLASKIE1.0%11
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE0.8%9
OPOLSKIE0.8%8
LUBUSKIE0.7%7
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE0.7%7
LUBELSKIE0.2%2

How did this count change between editions of the list?

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How did this count change between editions of the list?

The PESEL register publishes its lists every year. We show the number of people with this surname on each edition, beside how the whole list changed. We say what changed, not why.

male

The number of people with the surname CHRAPEK (male) in the PESEL register changed from 1,133 on 30 June 2019 to 1,089 on 20 January 2026: −3.9%. The whole list changed by +6.7% between those editions.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

As ofShare of the listPeople
30 June 2019*1 in 17,5281,133
22 January 20201 in 17,6231,128
1 February 20211 in 17,9101,116
27 January 20221 in 18,1851,111
30 January 20231 in 18,7801,108
19 January 20241 in 18,9321,108
22 January 20251 in 19,2311,097
20 January 20261 in 19,4651,089

* The 2019 files describe their contents in fewer words than the later ones. We read them as the same list: people with their current surname.

female

The number of people with the surname CHRAPEK (female) in the PESEL register changed from 1,202 on 30 June 2019 to 1,141 on 20 January 2026: −5.1%. The whole list changed by +6.5% between those editions.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

As ofShare of the listPeople
30 June 2019*1 in 16,8461,202
22 January 20201 in 16,9631,192
2 February 20211 in 16,9991,192
27 January 2022The publisher's file dated 27 January 2022 repeats the data of the previous edition, so it is not shown as an edition of its own.
30 January 20231 in 18,2181,173
19 January 20241 in 18,5331,159
22 January 20251 in 18,7591,148
20 January 20261 in 18,8961,141

* The 2019 files describe their contents in fewer words than the later ones. We read them as the same list: people with their current surname.

What does this surname mean?

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What does this surname mean?

We give a meaning only when a scholarly work supports it. We don't guess.

This is a scholarly interpretation, not a measured value. Surname origins are often contested.

3. Przydomki, przezwiska. […] Kto niemiał herbu ani dziedzicznej włości otrzymywał do imienia przydomek. Mamy więc nazwiska, jak: […] Chrapek

PossibleScholarly workPoland · ks. Józef Buryan · 1933

Type
from a trait or nickname

Where does it appear in old print?

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Where does it appear in old print?

Polona, the National Library's digital library, searches its catalogue and the text of its scanned pages. We show how many results it returns for this word, and from which years.

The word CHRAPEK appears on 1,305 pages of works not under copyright and in 25 catalogue records in Polona (searched on 4 October 2026).

VerifiedDigital libraryPoland · Biblioteka Narodowa · 4 October 2026

These are search results for the word in any inflected form. Some may be another meaning of the same spelling, and they are not a count of people or of mentions of anyone's family.

Pages by date of publication
  1. before 18007
  2. 1800–184923
  3. 1850–1899361
  4. 1900–1918156
  5. 1919–1939334
  6. 1940 on418

Catalogue records by kind

  • Ephemera5

Most common places of publication

  • Warszawa466
  • Lwów271
  • Kraków182
  • Cieszyn73
  • Poznań39
  • Katowice24

Example pages in the public domain

„Gdy nazajutrz Chrapek sprawę sobie rozważył, spostrzegł, że postąpił zbyt porywczo.”

Wacho : kartki z życia zwierząt :przekł. autoryz1925 · p. 34 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„Chrapek chciał w dalszym ciągu nastawać, gdy wtem zabłysło coś długim, czerwonym językiem płomiennym,”

Wacho : kartki z życia zwierząt :przekł. autoryz1925 · p. 35 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„Przyciągnęła ją więc mocno do siebie i słuchała, jak ją Chrapek pocieszał.”

Wacho : kartki z życia zwierząt :przekł. autoryz1925 · p. 36 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

Who well known has this surname?

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Who well known has this surname?

We have not looked this surname up in Wikidata yet.

How do we know?

Sources on this page

  • Official data Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji — Nazwiska występujące w rejestrze PESEL · 20 January 2026 · CC0 1.0 · Dane pochodzą z rejestru PESEL, Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, dane.gov.pl (CC0 1.0) · dane.gov.pl
  • Scholarly work ks. Józef Buryan — Skąd pochodzi twoje imię i nazwisko i nazwa miejscowości rodzinnej? (Zwięzły zarys imiennictwa polskiego) · 1933 · s. 13 (skan ZBC oai:zbc.uz.zgora.pl:82526, str. PDF 15)
  • Digital library Biblioteka Narodowa — Polona · Polona, Biblioteka Narodowa · polona.pl
How to read these figures
  • Wykaz nazwisk męskich osób żyjących (wg pola nazwisko aktualne) występujących w rejestrze PESEL, stan na 20.01.2026
  • Surnames occurring once are not published; absence from the dataset is not zero.
  • The publisher does not state whether the split is by a person's sex or by the grammatical gender of the surname form. The datasets are therefore neither summed nor compared numerically.
  • The male and female datasets are separate and are never summed.
  • Wykaz nazwisk żeńskich osób żyjących (wg pola nazwisko aktualne) występujących w rejestrze PESEL, stan na 20.01.2026
  • Denominator: 21,197,537 people counted in the PESEL register — the sum of the published counts in this dataset, not Poland's population.
  • The 1-in-X figure is rounded; the count of people is exact.
  • Denominator: 21,560,302 people counted in the PESEL register — the sum of the published counts in this dataset, not Poland's population.
  • A permanent registered residence is an address in the register — not an actual address, and not information about a family's roots.
  • Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
  • The size of the list itself changes between editions, so beside the count we show the share of that edition's list (“1 in X”).
  • This is a scholarly interpretation, not a measured value.
  • Polona's figures are search results for the word in any inflected form, in the catalogue and in the text of pages of works not under copyright; not every result is the surname.

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