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Bednarz Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bednarek, Bednarczyk, Bednarz, Bednar and others.

Bednarz Ranking

In the United States, the name Bednarz is the 12,102nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Bednarz migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bednarz Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Amalie Bednarz, aged 16, who arrived in New York, NY in 1890 2
  • Caroline Bednarz, aged 18, who arrived in New York, NY in 1890 2
  • Friedrich Bednarz, aged 13, who landed in New York, NY in 1890 2
  • Johann Bednarz, aged 7, who arrived in New York, NY in 1890 2
  • Louise Bednarz, aged 49, who landed in New York, NY in 1890 2
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Canada Bednarz migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bednarz Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Anastasia Bednarz, who landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1898
  • Maria Bednarz, who arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1899

Contemporary Notables of the name Bednarz (post 1700) +

  • Stanley Bednarz, American politician, Candidate for Michigan State Senate 11th District, 1948

Empress of Ireland
  • Mr. Jan Bednarz (1891-1914), Canadian Third Class Passenger from Detroit, Michigan, United States who was traveling aboard the Empress of Ireland and died in the sinking 3


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Commemoration Empress of Ireland 2014. (Retrieved 2014, June 16) . Retrieved from http://www.empress2014.ca/seclangen/listepsc1.html


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