The Klimek surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,492 people carried this name — #9,328 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,420 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
17,785 people named Klimek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 19,743 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 85 people named Klimek.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Isère.
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
46 people named Klimek live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 43 people named Klimek 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Klimek live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
28 people named Klimek 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).
Who carried it
People named Klimek,
with a public archive behind them.
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Paul Klimek 1859–1923 · pedagogue
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Paul Klimek 1859–1923 · pedagogue
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Damazy Klimek 1867–1939 · merchant
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Tillie Klimek 1877–1936 · serial killer
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Tillie Klimek 1877–1936 · serial killer
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Cezary Klimek 1880– · secretary
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Klimek.
- Kleitz 254 · U.S. census
- Klem 2,365 · U.S. census
- Klemm 2,982 · U.S. census
- Klepper 2,245 · U.S. census
- Klimas 1,032 · U.S. census
- Klimczak 720 · U.S. census
- Kling 7,713 · U.S. census
- Klinger 9,179 · U.S. census
- Klingler 3,668 · U.S. census
- Klipfel 542 · U.S. census
- Klock 2,413 · U.S. census
- Klonowski 670 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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