Wojciechowski Explained
Wojciechowski (pronounced as /pl/; feminine: Wojciechowska pronounced as /pl/; plural Wojciechowscy) is the 16th most common surname in Poland (66,879 people in 2009)[1] 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 Czech: Vojtěchovský, the Belarusian is Belarusian: Вайцяхоўскі, the Russian is Russian: Войтеховский, and the Lithuanian is Lithuanian: 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
- (1833–1877), State Councillor in the Russian Empire
See also
Notes and References
- [Ministry of Interior (Poland)]
