The Pytel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 676 people carried this name — #33,695 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 11% from 762 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
7,318 people named Pytel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,270 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 85 people named Pytel.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 37 people named Pytel 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 Pytel live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Pytel 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 Pytel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adam Pytel 1856–1928 · teacher -
Krzysztof Pytel 1945–2019 · chess player -
Krzysztof Pytel 1945–2019 · chess player
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Michal Pytel 1916–
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Franciszek Pytel 1918–1988 · association football coach
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Paweł Pytel 1927– · machinist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pytel.
- Puppo 254 · U.S. census
- Putman 9,058 · U.S. census
- Putz 2,033 · U.S. census
- Puzo 243 · U.S. census
- Py 204 · U.S. census
- Pyron 1,672 · U.S. census
- Quach 9,894 · U.S. census
- Quadri 1,084 · U.S. census
- Quadrini 164 · U.S. census
- Quaglia 623 · U.S. census
- Quaglieri 167 · U.S. census
- Quaglino 122 · U.S. census
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