Bednarek Surname

19,803rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,639 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Bednarek Surname Definition:

(Polish, Czech-Slovakian) Son of the cooper, or maker of casks and barrels.

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Bednarek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland22,6601:1,677129
United States1,8091:200,36419,707
Germany1,6071:50,0976,536
France5271:126,03919,176
Canada2321:158,81716,066
England1881:296,37322,665
Brazil1321:1,621,77553,533
Australia1071:252,29623,217
Argentina781:547,99239,725
Belgium531:216,91827,806
Scotland251:214,15311,205
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Norway191:270,64728,127
Austria181:473,08046,251
Ukraine171:2,677,806165,194
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Croatia121:352,38432,084
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Bosnia and Herzegovina61:589,40014,340
Kyrgyzstan51:1,194,53165,188
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

The alternate forms: Bednárek (97) are calculated separately.

Bednarek Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish, Czech-Slovakian) Son of the cooper, or maker of casks and barrels.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Bednarek means 'barrel maker'.

- bibby333

Bednarek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bednarek Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bednarek (Russian: Беднарек) occurs more in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Bednárek. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bednarek? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 19,803rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 263,669 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Bednarek live; 82 percent live in Eastern Europe and 82 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Poland, where it is carried by 22,660 people, or 1 in 1,677. Barring Poland it occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.

Bednarek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bednarek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bednarek surname grew 12,921 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bednarek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bednarek last name are 5.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.62% being registered with the party.

The amount Bednarek earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 30.05% less than the national average, earning 242,095 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 22.44% more than the national average, earning R 290,964 per year; in United States they earn 6.6% more than the national average, earning $45,997 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.87% less than the national average, earning $43,786 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bednarek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bednarek in the Russian language
Беднарекbednarek-

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