The Szczurek surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 204 people carried this name — #90,495 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 6% from 217 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Szczurek surname
From szczurek (“small rat”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Szczurek» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
5,064 people named Szczurek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,501 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 69 people named Szczurek.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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 Szczurek,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karol Szczurek 1893–1981 · librarian
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Mieczysław Szczurek 1923–1978 · association football player
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Zbigniew Szczurek 1932–2023 · judge
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Jan Szczurek 1949– · poet
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Jan Daniel Szczurek 1955– · theologian
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Tadeusz Szczurek 1960– · scientist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Szczurek.
- Szafran 543 · U.S. census
- Szafranski 1,201 · U.S. census
- Szczepaniak 751 · U.S. census
- Szczepanski 2,036 · U.S. census
- Szczesniak 632 · U.S. census
- Szczesny 821 · U.S. census
- Szczygiel 505 · U.S. census
- Szelag 243 · U.S. census
- Szewczyk 1,977 · U.S. census
- Szostak 795 · U.S. census
- Szpak 433 · U.S. census
- Szulc 320 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Szczurek is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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