The Rusek surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 401 people carried this name — #51,830 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 373 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
5,218 people named Rusek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,711 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 53 people named Rusek.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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.
Who carried it
People named Rusek,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonín Rusek 1888–1939
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Jan Rusek 1888–1918
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Piotr Rusek 1902–1944
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Jan Rusek 1910–1987 · chess composer
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Jan Rusek 1914–
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Josef Rusek 1917–1999
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rusek.
- Rus 1,084 · U.S. census
- Rusca 143 · U.S. census
- Rusch 4,703 · U.S. census
- Ruscher 252 · U.S. census
- Rusconi 434 · U.S. census
- Ruse 859 · U.S. census
- Rusin 1,620 · U.S. census
- Russ 16,300 · U.S. census
- Russe 190 · U.S. census
- Russeau 391 · U.S. census
- Russel 4,195 · U.S. census
- Russell 221,558 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Rusek 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.