The Uzel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 122 people carried this name — #137,327 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 116 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Uzel surname
From uzel (“knot”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Uzel» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 320 people named Uzel.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Morbihan.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 31 people named Uzel live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Uzel live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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
121 people named Uzel 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 Uzel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jindřich Uzel 1868–1946 · zoologist -
Vincenc Uzel 1839–1900 · entomologist
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Josef Uzel 1851–1912 · general contractor
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Karel Uzel 1877–1957 · physician
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Saim Uzel 1883–1941 · politician
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Saim Uzel 1883–1941 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Uzel.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Uzel is.
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