The Mazurek surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,945 people carried this name — #10,815 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 100,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 2,910 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
28,571 people named Mazurek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 31,241 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 Lublin.
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 310 people named Mazurek.
137 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 269 people named Mazurek 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 Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Mazurek live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 43 people named Mazurek 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
74 people named Mazurek 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).
In print
Mazurek in American newspapers,
1897–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,021 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mazurek,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bartłomiej Mazurek 1856–1937 · sculptor -
Alfons Mazurek 1891–1944 · Catholic priest -
Józef Mazurek 1894–1959 · physician -
Józef Mazurek 1897–1979 · military personnel -
Stefania Mazurek 1900–1987 · pedagogy -
Józef Mazurek 1891–1968 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mazurek.
- Mazin 296 · U.S. census
- Mazmanian 318 · U.S. census
- Mazo 837 · U.S. census
- Mazon 2,138 · U.S. census
- Mazur 8,733 · U.S. census
- Mazure 390 · U.S. census
- Mazurkiewicz 1,148 · U.S. census
- Mazy 179 · U.S. census
- Mazza 8,043 · U.S. census
- Mazzanti 534 · U.S. census
- Mazzara 739 · U.S. census
- Mazzei 1,876 · U.S. census
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