Kowalczyk

Kowalczyk (Polish pronunciation: [kɔˈvalt͡ʂɨk]) is the fifth most common surname in Poland (98,739 people in 2009).^[1] In January 2026, the Polish register PESEL listed 48,264 women and 46,994 men with the surname.^[2] The name comes from the word 'blacksmith'.

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Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Kowalczyk (born 1975), American musician, brother of Ed Kowalczyk
• Antoine Kowalczyk, (1866–1947), Polish-Canadian, Servant of God
• August Kowalczyk (1921–2012), Polish actor
• Bartosz Kowalczyk (born 1996), Polish handball player
• Bogdan Kowalczyk (born 1946), Polish handball player
• Ed Kowalczyk (born 1971), American rock singer, brother of Adam Kowalczyk
• Henryk Kowalczyk (born 1956), Polish politician
• Ignace Kowalczyk (1913–1996), German-French footballer
• Jacek Kowalczyk (born 1981), Polish footballer
• Jan Kowalczyk (1941–2020), Polish show jumping champion
• Jarosław Kowalczyk (born 1989), Polish cyclist
• Józef Kowalczyk (1938–2025), Polish clergyman, archbishop of Gniezno
• Justyna Kowalczyk (born 1983), Polish cross-country skier
• Kamil Kowalczyk, Polish footballer
• Maciej Kowalczyk (born 1977), Polish footballer
• Małgorzata Kowalczyk, Polish documentary film director
• Marcin Kowalczyk (born 1985), Polish footballer
• Marek Kowalczyk, Polish footballer
• Mariano Kowalczyk (born 1971), Argentine rower
• Mateusz Kowalczyk (tennis) (born 1987), Polish tennis player
• Mateusz Kowalczyk (footballer) (born 2004), Polish tennis player
• Sebastian Kowalczyk (born 1998), Polish footballer
• Tod Kowalczyk (born 1966), American college basketball coach
• Ulrich Kowalczyk, German football manager
• Walt Kowalczyk (1935–2018), American football player in the National Football League
• Wojciech Kowalczyk (born 1972), Polish footballer
• Kowalczyk brothers (1937–2017), Polish scientists who planted a bomb at the University of Opole in 1971