Wojciechowski (; feminine: Wojciechowska ; plural Wojciechowscy ) is the 16th most common surname in Poland (66,879 people in 2009)Ministry of Interior (Poland). Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009 (The most popular surnames in Poland 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 , the Belarusian is , the Russian is , Voytsekhovsky, and the Lithuanian is .
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
Stanisław Wojciechowski (1869–1953), President of Poland 1922–1926 Stephen Wojciechowski, birth name of Steve Wojciechowski (born 1976), American basketball player and coach Tytus Woyciechowski (1808–1879), Polish politician Ziemowit Wojciechowski, Polish fencer Zofia Wojciechowska-Grabska (1905–1992), Polish painter Zygmunt Wojciechowski (1900–1955), Polish historian
See also
Wojciech, a Polish given name Wojciechów (disambiguation) Gerda Voitechovskaja
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