The Karolak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 173 people carried this name — #103,655 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 8% from 160 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
4,928 people named Karolak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,393 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 52 people named Karolak.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Yvelines.
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 the Nordic population registers
33 people named Karolak 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Karolak.
- Karim 5,729 · U.S. census
- Karl 6,564 · U.S. census
- Karle 1,768 · U.S. census
- Karm 291 · U.S. census
- Karman 608 · U.S. census
- Karmann 285 · U.S. census
- Karolczak 114 · U.S. census
- Karolewicz 142 · U.S. census
- Karp 5,577 · U.S. census
- Karpinski 2,731 · U.S. census
- Karr 10,324 · U.S. census
- Karrer 605 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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