| ![Show Contents]() Pawlak History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 Ukraine The surname Pawlak is derived from the given name Pavel, which is the Slavic form of the name Paul. Paul was originally derived from the Latin word Paulus, which meant small. The popularity of the given name Paul is a result of the widespread devotion to the apostle St. Paul and also to the frequency of the surname among the Roman pontiffs, six of whom to date have been named Pope Paul. In Eastern Europe, the name was common because of the Russian Tsar Paul I, who was Tsar from 1754 to 1801. Pawlak RankingIn the United States, the name Pawlak is the 10,438th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1] However, in France, the name Pawlak is ranked the 4,261st most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. [2]
| Contemporary Notables of the name Pawlak (post 1700) | + |
- Paul Pawlak Jr. (b. 1940), former American football coach
- Mark Pawlak (b. 1948), American poet and educator of Polish descent
- Paul Pawlak Sr. (1917-2014), American electrician and politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969 and 1975 to 1979
- Ray Pawlak, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 2008 [3]
- Lucian J. Pawlak, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1996 (alternate), 2000 [3]
- Zdzislaw I. Pawlak (1926-2006), Polish mathematician and computer scientist, inventor of the negabinary (-2 base) numeral system used in UMC computers
- Waldemar Pawlak (b. 1959), Polish politician, two-time Prime Minister of Poland
- Szymon Pawlak (b. 1987), Polish football defender
- Miroslaw Pawlak (b. 1942), Polish politician
- Mariusz Pawlak (b. 1972), Polish former professional footballer and manager
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