The Ptak surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,736 people carried this name — #15,485 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
11,274 people named Ptak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 12,371 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 153 people named Ptak.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Ptak live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ptak.
- Prus 627 · U.S. census
- Przybyl 366 · U.S. census
- Przybyla 888 · U.S. census
- Przybylski 2,114 · U.S. census
- Przybysz 607 · U.S. census
- Psaila 103 · U.S. census
- Puccetti 353 · U.S. census
- Pucci 2,805 · U.S. census
- Puccinelli 559 · U.S. census
- Puccini 538 · U.S. census
- Puccio 2,487 · U.S. census
- Pucel 260 · U.S. census
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