The Adamek surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,307 people carried this name — #20,336 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,333 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Adamek surname
From Adam + -ek (diminutive suffix). Surname presumably from Czech Adámek.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Adamek» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
6,413 people named Adamek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,295 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
63 people named Adamek live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Adamek.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 57 people named Adamek live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
38 people named Adamek is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Adamek,
with a public archive behind them.
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Józef Adamek 1875–1947 · politician -
Karl Adamek 1910–2000 · association football coach -
Karl Adamek 1911–2000 · association football coach
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Mieczysław Adamek 1918–1944 · military officer -
Johann Adamek 1774–1840 · copper engraver
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Otto Adamek 1852–1945 · pedagogue
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Adamek.
- Acquistapace 237 · U.S. census
- Actis 189 · U.S. census
- Ada 526 · U.S. census
- Adam 13,574 · U.S. census
- Adamczak 553 · U.S. census
- Adamczyk 2,828 · U.S. census
- Adami 796 · U.S. census
- Adamiak 346 · U.S. census
- Adamkiewicz 253 · U.S. census
- Adamo 3,647 · U.S. census
- Adams 427,865 · U.S. census
- Adamski 3,566 · U.S. census
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