The Pajak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,352 people carried this name — #19,878 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 217,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,334 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pajak surname
From Polish Pająk (“spider”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pajak» (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
15,432 people named Pajak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 16,963 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 155 people named Pajak.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Pajak live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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
55 people named Pajak 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).
Who carried it
People named Pajak,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacques Pajak 1930–1965 · writer
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Frédéric Pajak 1955– · writer
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Frédéric Pajak 1955– · writer
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Alexandra Pajak 1981– · composer
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Marcin Pajak 1982– · musician
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Daria Pajak 1993–
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pajak.
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