The Piatkowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 582 people carried this name — #38,103 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 538 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Piatkowski surname
From Piątkowa + -ski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Piatkowski» (English) and «Piątkowski» (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
12,127 people named Piatkowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 13,403 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 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 53 people named Piatkowski.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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 the Nordic population registers
24 people named Piatkowski 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 Piatkowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Walt Piatkowski 1945–2025 · basketball player -
Eric Piatkowski 1970– · basketball player -
Eric Piatkowski 1970– · basketball player
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Bernhard Piatkowski 1927–2019 · scientist
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Gisbert Piatkowski 1953– · composer
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Benoît Piatkowski 1965– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Piatkowski.
- Piana 289 · U.S. census
- Piano 767 · U.S. census
- Piard 166 · U.S. census
- Piarulli 163 · U.S. census
- Piasecki 2,061 · U.S. census
- Piatek 906 · U.S. census
- Piatti 189 · U.S. census
- Piazza 8,372 · U.S. census
- Pic 156 · U.S. census
- Picano 299 · U.S. census
- Picard 7,898 · U.S. census
- Picardo 320 · U.S. census
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