Mazurek Surname

12,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45,287 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Mazurek Surname Definition:

(Polish) One who came from Mazury or Masuria, a former East Prussian province, now a part of Poland.

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Mazurek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland36,5121:1,04160
United States4,0651:89,16610,032
Brazil8591:249,2139,587
Germany7361:109,38213,496
Canada6551:56,2536,650
France4311:154,11323,915
England4051:137,57513,447
Argentina3381:126,46010,707
Czechia2111:50,3968,450
Ukraine1611:282,75036,404
Australia1081:249,96023,064
Russia761:1,896,356120,402
Belgium681:169,06823,042
Slovakia651:82,09915,886
Thailand611:1,158,006169,912
Sweden481:205,14114,201
Croatia481:88,09614,714
Norway471:109,41014,618
Austria411:207,69425,759
Hungary391:251,69920,039
Netherlands371:456,41045,371
Ireland371:127,2696,194
Venezuela301:1,006,80315,224
Israel271:316,94927,106
Wales241:128,9399,528
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Paraguay221:328,9435,083
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Jamaica101:286,9957,581
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Transnistria51:94,94011,199
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

The alternate forms: Mazůrek (30) & Mazúrek (10) are calculated separately.

Mazurek Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) One who came from Mazury or Masuria, a former East Prussian province, now a part of Poland.

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

User-submitted Reference

Mazurek is the name of a long Polish dance. The shorter version is a Mazurka.

- nameit49

Mazurek Last Name Facts

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

Mazurek (Russian: Мазурек) is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Mazůrek or Mazúrek. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mazurek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mazurek is the 12,405th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 160,919 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Mazurek are found; 82 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 81 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

Mazurek is most frequent in Poland, where it is held by 36,512 people, or 1 in 1,041. Without taking into account Poland it occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Mazurek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mazurek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mazurek last name expanded 33,875 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mazurek Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Mazurek last name is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Mazurek surname are 8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.77% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Mazurek earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 33.84% less than the national average, earning 228,964 kr per year; in United States they earn 11.89% more than the national average, earning $48,281 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.69% more than the national average, earning $54,994 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mazurek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mazurek in the Russian language
Мазурекmazurek-

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