The Swiatek surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,381 people carried this name — #19,551 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. That is up 10% from 1,259 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Swiatek surname
From Polish Świątek or, less commonly, Światek.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Swiatek» (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
15,563 people named Swiatek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 16,943 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 128 people named Swiatek.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 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 35 people named Swiatek 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 Santa Fe.
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
20 people named Swiatek live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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
53 people named Swiatek 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 Swiatek,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Swiatek 1921–2017 · association football player
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Jean Swiatek 1921–2017 · association football player
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Virginia Jane Delp 1925–1997
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Cécile Swiatek 1978–2020 · librarian
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Taryn Swiatek 1981– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Swiatek.
- Suter 5,648 · U.S. census
- Sutter 9,760 · U.S. census
- Sutterlin 287 · U.S. census
- Sutton 90,964 · U.S. census
- Suzan 102 · U.S. census
- Svoboda 5,686 · U.S. census
- Swider 1,452 · U.S. census
- Swiderski 1,864 · U.S. census
- Switala 474 · U.S. census
- Sy 4,457 · U.S. census
- Sydor 322 · U.S. census
- Sylla 1,530 · U.S. census
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