Olejnik surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Olejnik surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 618 people carried this name — #36,246 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 601 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

14,910 people named Olejnik have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 16,302 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 Greater Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 3,230
Łódź 2,875
Lower Silesian 1,582
Masovian 1,209
West Pomeranian 1,057
Silesian 1,026
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 957
Opole 659

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 172 people named Olejnik.

80 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

Born outside France 80
Pas-de-Calais 26
Nièvre 8
Moselle 8
Nord 7
Allier 6
Oise 5
Calvados 5
Seine-et-Marne 4

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 131 people named Olejnik 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 Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 62
Misiones 45
City of Buenos Aires 14
Tucumán 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Olejnik live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 5
Bern 4
Aargau 3
Lucerne 3
St. Gallen 3
Zug 3

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 the Nordic population registers

43 people named Olejnik is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 43

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).

Who carried it

People named Olejnik,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antoni Olejnik
    Antoni Olejnik 1887–1939 · painter
  • Wilhelm Olejnik 1888–1967 · politician
  • Zbigniew Olejnik 1901–2018 · physician
  • Aleksander Olejnik 1903–1944
  • Leonard Olejnik 1905–1982 · photographer
  • Robert Olejnik 1911–1988 · test pilot

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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