The Musial surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,838 people carried this name — #15,833 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,879 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Musial surname
From Polish Musiał.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Musial» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
20,871 people named Musial have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 22,761 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 Lesser Poland.
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 284 people named Musial.
122 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 60 people named Musial 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.
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 the Nordic population registers
35 people named Musial 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
Musial in American newspapers,
1942–1954.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,620 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Musial,
with a public archive behind them.
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Martha Musial 1908–1995 · singer -
Stan Musial 1920–2013 · baseball player -
Jaroslav Musial 1921–2017 · politician -
David Musial 1975– · ice hockey player -
Joe Musial 1905–1977 · comics artist
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Bogdan Musial 1960– · professor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 22 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Musial.
- Mus 131 · U.S. census
- Musa 3,736 · U.S. census
- Muscat 875 · U.S. census
- Muse 12,571 · U.S. census
- Musetti 197 · U.S. census
- Musi 169 · U.S. census
- Musielak 249 · U.S. census
- Musse 396 · U.S. census
- Mussi 192 · U.S. census
- Musso 2,794 · U.S. census
- Musson 1,244 · U.S. census
- Mustafa 5,873 · U.S. census
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