Bednarz surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bednarz surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,401 people carried this name — #11,937 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 112,400 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

14,308 people named Bednarz have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 15,530 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 Lesser Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 2,621
Subcarpathian 2,577
Silesian 2,027
Lower Silesian 1,602
Lublin 1,340
Opole 711
Greater Poland 616
Holy Cross 461

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 120 people named Bednarz.

60 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 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

Born outside France 60
Pas-de-Calais 11
Nord 10
Somme 5
Loiret 5
Haut-Rhin 4
Aisne 4
Paris 3
Creuse 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

45 people named Bednarz live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 12
Aargau 8
Thurgau 8
Bern 7
St. Gallen 7
Schwyz 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

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