The Gorecki surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,320 people carried this name — #13,177 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,370 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gorecki surname
From Polish Górecki or Gorecki.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gorecki» (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
22,562 people named Gorecki have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 25,142 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 Masovian.
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 174 people named Gorecki.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 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
36 people named Gorecki 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
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 22 people named Gorecki 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 the Nordic population registers
38 people named Gorecki 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
Gorecki in American newspapers,
1903–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,369 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gorecki,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoni Gorecki 1787–1861 · writer -
Antoni Gorecki 1787–1861 · writer
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Antoni Gorecki 1787–1861 · writer
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Tadeusz Gorecki 1825–1868 · painter -
Wojciech Józef Gorecki d. 1684 · printer
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Edward Gorecki d. 1902 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gorecki.
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