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The Krolik surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 337 people carried this name — #59,901 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 340 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Krolik surname

From królik (“rabbit”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Krolik» (English) and «Królik» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

4,362 people named Krolik have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 4,755 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 map

Where they live today

Masovian 835
Greater Poland 611
Lublin 583
Silesian 428
Łódź 331
Lesser Poland 317
Lower Silesian 265
Pomeranian 240

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 58 people named Krolik.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Pas-de-Calais 21
Paris 6
Moselle 4
Seine-et-Marne 4
Nord 2
Saône-et-Loire 1
Yvelines 1
Val-d’Oise 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Krolik in American newspapers,
1900–1912.

Newspaper page from Vorwärts carrying the name Krolik
Vorwärts 1900-02-04
Newspaper page from Fergus County Democrat carrying the name Krolik
Fergus County Democrat 1912-12-17
Newspaper page from The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate carrying the name Krolik
The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate 1900-02-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,443 pages in all carry the name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Krolik is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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