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According to data available as of January 30, 2023, there are 389,365 female surnames registered in Poland. The first three places belong to the surnames Nowak (101512), Kowalska (68454) and Wiśniewska (54875). At the very end of the list are names that have been given only a few hundred times. Maybe yours is among them?
The rarest female surnames in Poland. List
In our country, surnames derived from the names of professions, characteristics, place of residence and nicknames are popular. The rarest female surnames given in Poland include:
- Beak (305),
- Aphid (309),
- Abbot (312),
- Mądrzyk (313),
- Bres (314),
- Oleniacz (315),
- Dembicka (315),
- Krycka (318),
- Bejm (330),
- Cuckold (331),
- Piekara (331),
- Krystosiak (331),
- Chyra (331),
- Moryń (332).
There are many cases where the surname was given to only two or three women. These include: such surnames as Adamicz, Kitek, Królaków, Sokolicka, Żyrowska. It happens that a woman has a masculine surname, e.g. the surname Kęsicki appears only twice in the female PESEL register.
Male surnames. Which are the least popular?
Children usually take their father’s surname, and the woman usually takes her husband’s surname. However, it is worth knowing that a man can also take his wife’s surname or both of them can choose a two-part surname. In the case of men, the surnames at the end of the list were also given approximately 300 times. Belong to them:
- Karolczuk (314),
- Fidor (314),
- Borzych (314),
- Kale (315),
- Politowicz (323),
- Nienałtowski (323),
- Myślicki (323),
- Kusa (323),
- Badziński (323),
- Wieja (324).
Source: Gazeta
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