The Gorniak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 523 people carried this name — #41,579 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 507 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
7,722 people named Gorniak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,603 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 63 people named Gorniak.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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 print
Gorniak in American newspapers,
1890–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 294 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gorniak,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Gorniak 1887–
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Hermann Gorniak 1927– · association football player
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Martina Gorniak 1984– · agricultural engineer
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Laura Gorniak 1998– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gorniak.
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