The Mech surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 711 people carried this name — #32,365 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 681 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
1,737 people named Mech have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,894 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 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 65 people named Mech.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
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.
Who carried it
People named Mech,
with a public archive behind them.
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Władysław Mech 1877–1929 · politician -
Leszek Mech 1933–2004 · screenwriter
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L. David Mech 1937– · zoologist
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Krzysztof Mech 1950– · philosopher
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Cezary Mech 1959– · economist
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Gianluca Mech 1969– · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mech.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Mech is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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