The Pawlak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,127 people carried this name — #8,019 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,126).
In Poland’s population register
39,842 people named Pawlak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 43,472 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 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 714 people named Pawlak.
223 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
76 people named Pawlak live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 67 people named Pawlak live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 30 people named Pawlak 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
115 people named Pawlak 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
Pawlak in American newspapers,
1895–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,837 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pawlak.
- Pavone 2,261 · U.S. census
- Pavoni 209 · U.S. census
- Pavy 280 · U.S. census
- Pawelczyk 431 · U.S. census
- Pawelec 190 · U.S. census
- Pawlaczyk 301 · U.S. census
- Pawlicki 823 · U.S. census
- Pawlik 1,763 · U.S. census
- Pawlowski 5,332 · U.S. census
- Pax 350 · U.S. census
- Pay 854 · U.S. census
- Paya 190 · U.S. census
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