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The Pawelec surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 190 people carried this name — #95,955 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 19% from 160 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Pawelec surname

From Paweł + -ec.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pawelec» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

8,977 people named Pawelec have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 9,733 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 map

Where they live today

Masovian 1,739
Lublin 1,611
Silesian 761
Holy Cross 671
Łódź 641
Pomeranian 548
Lower Silesian 522
West Pomeranian 488

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 79 people named Pawelec.

39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 39
Moselle 10
Nord 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Haut-Rhin 4
Côte-d’Or 4
Pas-de-Calais 3
Oise 2
Allier 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Pawelec,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alojzy Pawelec
    Alojzy Pawelec 1886–1972 · physician
  • Piotr Pawelec 1888–1975
  • Władysław Pawelec 1906–2007 · composer
  • Aleksander Pawelec 1915–2019
  • Henryk Pawelec 1921–2015
  • Wladyslaw Pawelec 1923–2004 · photographer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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