The Golec surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 640 people carried this name — #33,605 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
6,086 people named Golec have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 6,805 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 Silesian.
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 51 people named Golec.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Golec live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Golec.
- Goldman 24,086 · U.S. census
- Goldmann 454 · U.S. census
- Goldschmidt 1,646 · U.S. census
- Goldstein 30,429 · U.S. census
- Gole 308 · U.S. census
- Golebiewski 430 · U.S. census
- Golias 392 · U.S. census
- Golin 342 · U.S. census
- Golinski 470 · U.S. census
- Goll 1,805 · U.S. census
- Golla 1,168 · U.S. census
- Golle 124 · U.S. census
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