Kowalczyk is the fifth most common

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(98,739 people in 2009). Ministry of Interior (Poland).
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'' (The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009). The name comes from the word " blacksmith".

Notable people

The surname may refer to: *

Adam Kowalczyk Adam E. Kowalczyk (born September 27, 1975) is an American musician. He is the brother of Ed Kowalczyk, lead singer of the band Live. Biography Kowalczyk was born in York, Pennsylvania to a family of Polish descent. He began learning the guit ...

(born 1975), American musician, brother of Ed Kowalczyk * August Kowalczyk (1921–2012), Polish actor *

Bartosz Kowalczyk Bartosz Kowalczyk (born 18 December 1996) is a Polish handball player for KS Azoty-Puławy KS Azoty-Puławy is a men's handball club from Puławy, Poland, that plays in the Polish Superliga. Team Current squad :''Squad for the 2023–24 sea ...

, Polish handball player *

Bogdan Kowalczyk Bogdan Kowalczyk (born 12 August 1946) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and then became a handball coach; he coached the Iceland men's national handball team to victory in the 1989 World Men's Handball Ch ...

(born 1946), Polish handball player *

Ed Kowalczyk Edward Joel Kowalczyk (; born July 16, 1971)"Edward Kowalczyk IMDb entry"
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(born 1971), American rock singer, brother of Adam Kowalczyk * Henryk Kowalczyk (born 1956), Polish politician *

Ignace Kowalczyk Ignatz "Ignace" Kowalczyk (29 December 1913 – 27 March 1996) was a footballer. Born in Germany, Kowalczyk represented the France national team France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Weste ...

(born 1913), German-French footballer *

Jacek Kowalczyk Jacek Kowalczyk (born 12 August 1981 in Katowice) is a footballer (defender) from Poland who last played for GKS Katowice. Career In his career he played for such a club as well like: GKS Katowice, Wisła Kraków, Polonia Warsaw. In early Aug ...

(born 1981), Polish footballer *

Jan Kowalczyk Jan Kowalczyk (18 December 1941 – 24 February 2020) was a Polish show jumping Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrianism, equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, Show hunter, hunters, and equitat ...

(1941–2020), Polish show jumping champion *

Jarosław Kowalczyk Jarosław Kowalczyk (born 23 April 1989) is a Polish former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2014 for the Aktio Group Mostostal Puławy and teams, including competing at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. After his r ...

(born 1989), Polish cyclist *

Józef Kowalczyk Józef Kowalczyk (; born 28 August 1938) is a Polish Roman Catholic prelate, canon lawyer and diplomat who, from 1989 to 2010, served as the first apostolic nuncio to Poland since World War II. He later served as archbishop of Gniezno and primate ...

(born 1938), Polish clergyman, archbishop of Gniezno *

Justyna Kowalczyk Justyna Maria Kowalczyk-Tekieli (born 19 January 1983) is a Polish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2000. Kowalczyk is a double Olympic Champion and a double World Champion. She is also the only skier to win the Tour de Ski four ...

(born 1983), Polish cross-country skier * Kamil Kowalczyk, Polish footballer * Maciej Kowalczyk (born 1977), Polish footballer * Marcin Kowalczyk (born 1985), Polish footballer *

Marek Kowalczyk Marek Kowalczyk (born 28 June 1961) is a former Polish footballer. Born in Kolobrzeg, Kowalczyk started his footballing career with Wisła Tczew, rising through the youth teams before playing for the first team. He is mostly known for his spell ...

, Polish footballer *

Mariano Kowalczyk Mariano Kowalczyk (born 7 December 1971) is an Argentine rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and ...

(born 1971), Argentine rower *

Mateusz Kowalczyk Mateusz Kowalczyk (; born 3 May 1987) is a Polish tennis player who specialises in doubles. Career He reached his highest doubles ranking of world no. 77 on September 9, 2013. He has played with Tomasz Bednarek, Błażej Koniusz, Marcin Gawron, ...

(born 1987), Polish tennis player *

Sebastian Kowalczyk Sebastian Kowalczyk (born 22 August 1998) is a Polish professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American ...

, Polish footballer *

Tod Kowalczyk Tod Edward Kowalczyk (born June 19, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the University of Toledo. He was the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay from 2002–10, before acceptin ...

(born 1966), American college basketball coach * Ulrich Kowalczyk, German football manager *

Walt Kowalczyk Walter Joseph Kowalczyk (April 17, 1935 – November 7, 2018) was an American football defensive back and fullback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. He also played in the American Football League ...

(1935–2018), American football player in the National Football League *

Wojciech Kowalczyk Wojciech Kowalczyk (born 14 April 1972) is a Polish retired Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker, currently working as a football expert. The bulk of his professional career was spent w ...

(born 1972), Polish footballer * Kowalczyk brothers (1937-2017), Polish scientists who planted a bomb at the University of Opole in 1971

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