The Pawlik surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,763 people carried this name — #16,343 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,653 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pawlik surname
From Polish Pawlik or Czech Pavlík.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pawlik» (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
19,848 people named Pawlik have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 21,859 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 204 people named Pawlik.
75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Nord.
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
58 people named Pawlik live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 31 people named Pawlik 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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
63 people named Pawlik 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 Pawlik,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karel Pawlík 1849–1914 · teacher -
Stefan Pawlik 1864–1926 · economist -
Hans Peter Pawlik d. 2012 · author
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Aleksander Pawlik d. 1905
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Oswald Pawlik 1864–1933 · musician
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Wilhelm Pawlik 1866–1922 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pawlik.
- Pavy 280 · U.S. census
- Pawelczyk 431 · U.S. census
- Pawelec 190 · U.S. census
- Pawlaczyk 301 · U.S. census
- Pawlak 4,127 · U.S. census
- Pawlicki 823 · U.S. census
- Pawlowski 5,332 · U.S. census
- Pax 350 · U.S. census
- Pay 854 · U.S. census
- Paya 190 · U.S. census
- Payan 6,443 · U.S. census
- Payant 262 · U.S. census
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