Wojciechowski (Polish pronunciation: [vɔjt͡ɕɛˈxɔfskʲi]; feminine: Wojciechowska [vɔjt͡ɕɛˈxɔfska] ; plural Wojciechowscy ) is the 16th most common surname in Poland (66,879 people in 2009) and also the third most common in Greater Poland (12,928). It is derived from the Polish first name Wojciech.
Over 50% of Poles with this surname live in Greater Poland, Mazovia and Kujawy.
The Czech equivalent is Vojtěchovský, the Belarusian is Вайцяхоўскі, the Russian is Войтеховский, and the Lithuanian is Vaičekauskas.
Notable people
- Antoni Wojciechowski (1905–1938), Polish chess master
- Asher Wojciechowski (born 1988), American baseball player
- Dariusz Wojciechowski (born 1968), Polish cyclist
- Gene Wojciechowski, American sportswriter
- Greg Wojciechowski (born 1951), American wrestler
- Maia Wojciechowska (1927–2002), Polish-American novelist
- John Wojciechowski (born 1963), American football player
- Julia Wojciechowska (gymnast, born 1915) (1915–1986), Polish gymnast
- Kazimierz Wojciechowski (1904–1941), Polish Catholic clergyman
- Martyna Wojciechowska (born 1974), Polish journalist
- Mathieu Wojciechowski, French basketball player
- Oliwier Wojciechowski, Polish footballer
- Paweł Wojciechowski (disambiguation), multiple individuals
- Sergei Wojciechowski (1883–1951), Russian White Army Major-General
- Stanisław Wojciechowski (1869–1953), President of Poland 1922–26
- Steve Wojciechowski (born 1976), American basketball player and coach
- Steve Wojciechowski (ice hockey) (born 1922), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tytus Woyciechowski (1808–1879), Polish politician
- Ziemowit Wojciechowski, Polish fencer
- Zofia Wojciechowska-Grabska (1905–1992), Polish painter
- Zygmunt Wojciechowski (1900–1955), Polish historian
- Wladyslaw Wojciechowski [ru] (1833–1877), State Councillor in the Russian Empire
See also
- All pages with titles containing Wojciechowski
- All pages with titles containing Wojciechowska
- Wojciech, a Polish given name
- Wojciechów (disambiguation)
References
- Ministry of Interior (Poland). Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009 Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009). Retrieved August 19, 2013.
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