The Durak surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 137 people carried this name — #117,538 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
953 people named Durak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,075 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 Lublin.
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
99 people named Durak live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 61 people named Durak live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Durak.
Most of them — 32 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Durak.
- Dupy 148 · U.S. census
- Duque 5,723 · U.S. census
- Duquesnay 139 · U.S. census
- Duquet 148 · U.S. census
- Dura 559 · U.S. census
- Durain 130 · U.S. census
- Duran 68,046 · U.S. census
- Durance 191 · U.S. census
- Duranceau 256 · U.S. census
- Durand 7,999 · U.S. census
- Durando 320 · U.S. census
- Durant 11,699 · U.S. census
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