The Kowalik surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,435 people carried this name — #18,994 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,380 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
21,148 people named Kowalik have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 22,968 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 106 people named Kowalik.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 37 people named Kowalik 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 22 people named Kowalik 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 Antwerp.
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
46 people named Kowalik 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 Kowalik,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sergey Kovalik 1846–1926 · politician -
Sergey Kovalik 1846–1926 · politician
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Edward Kowalik 1916–1987 -
Wojciech Kowalik 1893–1967
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Romuald Kowalik 1913– · chemist
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Wacław Kowalik 1913–1983 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kowalik.
- Kovacevic 1,256 · U.S. census
- Kovacic 975 · U.S. census
- Kovacs 9,072 · U.S. census
- Kowal 4,337 · U.S. census
- Kowalczyk 5,615 · U.S. census
- Kowalewski 2,718 · U.S. census
- Kowalska 153 · U.S. census
- Kowalski 18,077 · U.S. census
- Koza 1,469 · U.S. census
- Kozak 7,495 · U.S. census
- Koziel 801 · U.S. census
- Koziol 3,194 · U.S. census
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