The Kurek surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,705 people carried this name — #15,725 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
19,813 people named Kurek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 21,619 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 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 170 people named Kurek.
48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kurek.
- Kunze 3,320 · U.S. census
- Kupczyk 228 · U.S. census
- Kupfer 1,176 · U.S. census
- Kupiec 834 · U.S. census
- Kupper 862 · U.S. census
- Kuras 948 · U.S. census
- Kurowski 1,672 · U.S. census
- Kurt 1,219 · U.S. census
- Kurtz 23,488 · U.S. census
- Kury 334 · U.S. census
- Kurz 3,849 · U.S. census
- Kurzawa 374 · U.S. census
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