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The surnames appeared in the second half of the 13th century. They were created based on the features, nicknames, place of residence or characteristics of a given person. They were introduced as part of identification because there were many people with the same . At first, only the nobility had surnames, later peasants also got them.
The most popular female surnames. Ranking
According to the information on the website of January 30, 2023, there are 389,365 female surnames appearing in the PESEL register in Poland. Two surnames have been at the forefront for years: Nowak and Kowalska. Their reappearance at the top should no longer surprise anyone. Here is a list of the 25 most popular female surnames in our country. Maybe yours is among them?
- Nowak (101512),
- Kowalska (68454),
- Wiśniewska (54875),
- Wojcik (49314),
- Kowalczyk (48807),
- Kamińska (47249),
- Lewandowska (46808),
- Zielińska (45115),
- Szymańska (44079),
- Dąbrowska (43898),
- Wozniak (43672),
- Kozłowska (37455),
- Masuria (35130),
- Jankowska (34220),
- Kwiatkowska (33324),
- Wojciechowska (33015),
- Krawczyk (31809),
- Kaczmarek (30721),
- Piotrowska (30491),
- Grabowska (29107),
- Pawłowska (27693),
- Michalska (27231),
- King (27170),
- Hare (26939),
- Evening (25207).
Recently we also wrote about women’s surnames occurring in Poland. When we compare both lists, the difference in numbers is extremely surprising.
List of male surnames. The similarity is huge
In the case of male surnames, the ranking is similar. Some surnames have changed places, but are the same as female surnames. They have been maintaining high positions for several years now, and other, less popular names are far behind. The most popular male surnames include:
- Nowak (99803),
- Kowalski (67505),
- Wiśniewski (53766),
- Wojcik (48421),
- Kowalczyk (47614),
- Kaminski (46329),
- Lewandowski (45025),
- Zieliński (44388),
- Wozniak (43093),
- Szymański (43047),
- Dąbrowski (42088),
- Kozłowski (36725),
- Masuria (34568),
- Jankowski (33622),
- Kwiatkowski (32365),
- Wojciechowski (31970),
- Krawczyk (30734),
- Kaczmarek (30169),
- Piotrowski (29701),
- Grabowski (28361).
Source: Gazeta
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