The Bednarek surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,311 people carried this name — #20,285 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,215 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
17,169 people named Bednarek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 19,018 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 Łódź.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 236 people named Bednarek.
97 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 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 74 people named Bednarek 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Bednarek live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 the Nordic population registers
31 people named Bednarek 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).
In print
Bednarek in American newspapers,
1906–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,193 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bednarek,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bogusław Bednarek 1950–2020 · philologist -
John Michael Bednarek 1950– -
Bożena Bednarek-Michalska 1957–2021 · librarian -
Piotr Bednarek 1961– · athlete -
Andrzej Bednarek 1968–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 105 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bednarek.
- Bedeau 220 · U.S. census
- Bedel 649 · U.S. census
- Bedell 5,989 · U.S. census
- Beder 331 · U.S. census
- Bedini 146 · U.S. census
- Bednarczyk 1,103 · U.S. census
- Bednarski 1,455 · U.S. census
- Bednarz 2,462 · U.S. census
- Bedo 199 · U.S. census
- Bedon 215 · U.S. census
- Bedoni 175 · U.S. census
- Bedrossian 467 · U.S. census
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