The Grzelak surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 609 people carried this name — #35,053 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
14,899 people named Grzelak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 16,252 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 Łódź.
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 124 people named Grzelak.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Nord.
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 Grzelak.
- Gruninger 207 · U.S. census
- Grunwald 2,123 · U.S. census
- Gruss 867 · U.S. census
- Gruszka 584 · U.S. census
- Grutter 115 · U.S. census
- Grzegorczyk 320 · U.S. census
- Grzesiak 396 · U.S. census
- Grzeskowiak 504 · U.S. census
- Grzyb 706 · U.S. census
- Grzybowski 1,533 · U.S. census
- Gschwind 401 · U.S. census
- Gsell 685 · U.S. census
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