Kušek

surname · Latin script

Kušek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: nickname from Polish dialect kusek ‘a bite to eat’, ‘a little bit’; or perhaps a derivative of kusy ‘short’ (see Kus).

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 30K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 31K
  • USUnited States1 in 439K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

1,257 people, 2026

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Kusek in US United States.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

nickname from Polish dialect kusek ‘a bite to eat’, ‘a little bit’; or perhaps a derivative of kusy ‘short’ (see Kus).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kušek counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kušek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland1,2571 in 30K652——
US United States7571 in 439K757Kusek9
HR Croatia1381 in 31K138Kušek23
BR Brazil251 in 8.5M25——
BE Belgium61 in 2M6——
CZ Czechia61 in 1.8M6——

1,257 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kušek is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Kusek, Küsek

  • English surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Spanish

    Also written Kusek, Küsek, Kuesek

  • Estonian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Kusek, Küsek

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Kušek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021138#5,967
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)2021112—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kušek mean, and where does it come from?
nickname from Polish dialect kusek ‘a bite to eat’, ‘a little bit’; or perhaps a derivative of kusy ‘short’ (see Kus). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Kušek have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Kušek, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Kušek most common?
Kušek is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 30 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Kušek?
In Poland, the national register counted 1,257 people named Kušek in 2026, about 1 in 30 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kušek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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