The Borek surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,350 people carried this name — #19,896 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 217,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,318 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Borek surname
From Polish Borek and Czech Bořek.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Borek» (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
9,520 people named Borek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 10,359 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 Subcarpathian.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 71 people named Borek 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Borek.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Vosges.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Borek live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
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 Borek 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 Borek,
with a public archive behind them.
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Julian Borecki-Borek 1882–1948 · engineer -
Mariusz Borek d. 2024 · musician
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Mikołaj Borek 1380–1441
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Krzysztof Borek 1520–1573 · composer
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Krzysztof Borek 1520–1573 · composer
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Vilém Borek 1863–1931 · medical examiner
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Borek.
- Bordi 162 · U.S. census
- Bordin 113 · U.S. census
- Bordon 426 · U.S. census
- Bordone 119 · U.S. census
- Bordy 135 · U.S. census
- Bore 136 · U.S. census
- Borel 2,096 · U.S. census
- Borella 385 · U.S. census
- Borelli 2,029 · U.S. census
- Borello 473 · U.S. census
- Bores 650 · U.S. census
- Boretti 105 · U.S. census
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