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The Baranek surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 575 people carried this name — #38,484 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 536 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Baranek surname

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Baránek or Polish Baranek.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Baranek» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

1,890 people named Baranek have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 2,110 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 497
Greater Poland 397
Silesian 303
Masovian 236
Lower Silesian 111
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 66
Pomeranian 62
Łódź 59

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Baranek.

25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Nord.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 25
Nord 17
Meurthe-et-Moselle 14
Pas-de-Calais 6
Moselle 4
Haute-Savoie 3
Yvelines 2
Paris 1
Yonne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Baranek,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Katarzyna Baranek 1885–1943 · farmer
  • Wincenty Baranek 1899–1943 · farmer
  • Łucja Baranek 1908–1943 · farmer
  • Günter Baranek 1917–2001 · major general
  • Ewald Baranek 1919–1944
  • Modesta Baranek 1928–

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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