Wilczek ( ) is a surname of

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-language origin. A diminutive form of ''

Wilk Wilk is a surname of English and Polish-language origin. In Poland, the surname means wolf and is pronounced . It has 35,000 bearers in Poland and ranks about 60th on the list of the most popular Polish surnames (fifth in Podkarpackie Voivodeship ...

'', it means "little wolf" in Polish. It is used by 9,000–10,000 people in Poland, with the greatest number found in

Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...

, Podhale, the

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

region,

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

and

Łańcut Łańcut (, approximately "wine-suit"; yi, לאַנצוט, Lantzut; uk, Ла́ньцут, Lánʹtsut; german: Landshut) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 18,004 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (si ...

. The surname may refer to:

People

* Ernő Wilczek (1883–1950), Hungarian engineer *

Ernst Wilczek Ernst Wilczek (12 January 1867 in Laupen – 30 September 1948 in Lausanne) was a Swiss botanist and pharmacist. In 1892 he obtained his PhD from the University of Zurich, subsequently becoming an associate professor of systematic and pharmace ...

(1867–1948), Swiss botanist *

Erwin Wilczek Erwin Wilczek (20 November 1940 – 30 November 2021) was a Polish professional footballer who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Górnik Zabrze and the Poland national team. He started as a forward, after some time he was moved ...

(1940–2021), retired Polish soccer player * Frank Wilczek (born 1951), Nobel laureate physicist * Georgina von Wilczek (1921–1989), member of the royal family of Liechtenstein *

Count Johann Nepomuk Wilczek Count Johann (Hans) Nepomuk Wilczek (german: Hans Graf Wilczek; 7 December 1837 – 27 January 1922) was an Austrian arctic explorer and patron of the arts. He was the main sponsor of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition in 1872–74. Li ...

(1837–1922), sponsor of Polar expeditions and artists *

Kamil Wilczek Kamil Antoni Wilczek (Polish pronunciation: ; born 14 January 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays for Piast Gliwice and the Poland national team. He is usually deployed as a striker for both club and country. Wilczek played for ...

(born 1988), Polish footballer *

Marcin Wilczek Marcin Bartłomiej Wilczek (born 25 April 1967 in Warsaw) is a Polish diplomat, Poland Ambassador to Turkey (2008–2012) and to Romania (2015–2019). Education and career Marcin Wilczek graduated from the University of Warsaw Institute of A ...

(born 1967), Polish diplomat *

Mieczysław Wilczek Mieczysław Wilczek (25 January 1932 – 30 April 2014) was a Polish politician, chemist, and businessman who was Minister of Industry The industry minister is a cabinet position in a government. The title may refer to the head of the government ...

(1932–2014), Polish politician, chemist and businessman *

Piotr Wilczek Piotr Antoni Wilczek (born 26 April 1962 in Chorzów) is a Polish intellectual historian, a specialist in comparative literature and a literary translator, who served as the Ambassador of Poland to the United States (2016–2021) and the United K ...

(born 1962), Polish historian, Ambassador of Poland to the United States * Sylwester Wilczek (born 1936), Polish ice hockey player

People

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