The Jurek surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,370 people carried this name — #12,961 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 2,111 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
10,355 people named Jurek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 11,299 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 Lesser Poland.
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 99 people named Jurek.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Nièvre.
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
21 people named Jurek live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
35 people named Jurek 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
Jurek in American newspapers,
1914–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,145 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Jurek,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wacław Jurek 1896–1971 · aircraft pilot -
František Jurek 1862–1937 · pedagogue
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Józef Jurek 1888–1967 · politician
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Vojtěch Jurek 1891–1983
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Jan Jurek 1899–1942
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Josef Jurek 1901–1942
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jurek.
- Jupin 436 · U.S. census
- Jupiter 836 · U.S. census
- Jurado 9,309 · U.S. census
- Juran 520 · U.S. census
- Jurczyk 504 · U.S. census
- Jure 147 · U.S. census
- Jurgens 3,235 · U.S. census
- Jurin 181 · U.S. census
- Jurkiewicz 792 · U.S. census
- Jurkowski 973 · U.S. census
- Jurus 118 · U.S. census
- Jury 2,193 · U.S. census
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