The Piasecki surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,061 people carried this name — #14,485 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,951 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Piasecki surname
From piasek (“sand”) + -ski (surname-forming suffix).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Piasecki» (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
17,951 people named Piasecki have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 19,793 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 149 people named Piasecki.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 63 people named Piasecki 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Piasecki live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
34 people named Piasecki 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
Piasecki in American newspapers,
1888–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,574 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Piasecki,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pavel Piasetski 1843–1919 · writer -
Eugeniusz Piasecki 1872–1947 · physician -
Paweł Piasecki 1579–1649 · bishop
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Hieronim Jarosz Piasecki 1590–1630
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Feliks Piasecki 1833–1903 · social activist
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Franciszek Piasecki 1838–1909 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Piasecki.
- Piacenza 272 · U.S. census
- Pian 115 · U.S. census
- Piana 289 · U.S. census
- Piano 767 · U.S. census
- Piard 166 · U.S. census
- Piarulli 163 · U.S. census
- Piatek 906 · U.S. census
- Piatkowski 582 · U.S. census
- Piatti 189 · U.S. census
- Piazza 8,372 · U.S. census
- Pic 156 · U.S. census
- Picano 299 · U.S. census
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