The Rudnik surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 565 people carried this name — #39,004 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 543 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
6,348 people named Rudnik have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,108 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 73 people named Rudnik.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.
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
54 people named Rudnik 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 Rudnik,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leo Rudnik 1875–1940
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Sami Rudnik 1895–1940
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Zofia Rudnik 1895–1943
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Adolf Rudnik 1907–1944
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Meta Rudnik 1911–
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Kazimierz Rudnik 1916–1939 · association football player
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rudnik.
- Rude 4,661 · U.S. census
- Rudel 289 · U.S. census
- Rudi 360 · U.S. census
- Rudinger 112 · U.S. census
- Rudler 109 · U.S. census
- Rudloff 1,078 · U.S. census
- Rudolf 1,246 · U.S. census
- Rudolph 19,854 · U.S. census
- Rudy 7,069 · U.S. census
- Rue 5,023 · U.S. census
- Rueda 9,253 · U.S. census
- Rueff 536 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Rudnik is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.
