The Zelek surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 462 people carried this name — #46,138 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 441 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
3,562 people named Zelek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 3,843 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 52 people named Zelek.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Zelek,
with a public archive behind them.
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Roman Zelek 1893–1975 · politician -
Wojciech Zelek d. 1861 · politician
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Ignacy Zelek 1894–1961 · sculptor
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Kazimierz Zelek 1937–2019 · athlete
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Aneta Zelek 1965– · economist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zelek.
- Zehren 387 · U.S. census
- Zeidler 819 · U.S. census
- Zeiger 1,670 · U.S. census
- Zeimet 543 · U.S. census
- Zeitoun 193 · U.S. census
- Zelazny 586 · U.S. census
- Zell 3,049 · U.S. census
- Zeller 10,595 · U.S. census
- Zellner 3,417 · U.S. census
- Zeman 3,843 · U.S. census
- Zen 264 · U.S. census
- Zeni 372 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Zelek is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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