The Rybak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,934 people carried this name — #15,223 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 151,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,882 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Rybak surname
Borrowed from Polish Rybak, Czech Rybák, Ukrainian Рибак (Rybak), Belarusian and Russian Рыбак (Rybak).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rybak» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
13,846 people named Rybak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 16,837 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 165 people named Rybak.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 148 people named Rybak 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
76 people named Rybak live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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
72 people named Rybak 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).
In print
Rybak in American newspapers,
1910–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,754 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rybak,
with a public archive behind them.
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Józef Rybak 1882–1953 · military officer -
Jaroslav Rybak 1892–1970 · physician
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Chaim Wolf Rybak 1895–1944
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Norbert Rybak 1897–1975
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Norbert Rybak 1897–1975
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Roman Rybak 1904–1945
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rybak.
- Rutkowski 6,805 · U.S. census
- Rutten 872 · U.S. census
- Rutter 7,205 · U.S. census
- Ruys 153 · U.S. census
- Ruz 491 · U.S. census
- Ryan 143,452 · U.S. census
- Rybarczyk 851 · U.S. census
- Rybicki 1,752 · U.S. census
- Rybka 646 · U.S. census
- Ryder 14,228 · U.S. census
- Ryon 1,103 · U.S. census
- Rys 852 · U.S. census
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