Surname ALI

People with the surname ALI in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 1,113 men and 395 women.

6 verified statements

male

1,113people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 19,045

female

395people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 54,583

Each 1-in-X is computed within its own dataset. The datasets are different sizes, so these two figures are not compared with each other.

How many people have this surname?

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How many people have this surname?

The PESEL register publishes two separate surname lists, male and female. We show each figure on its own and never add them up.

male

1,113 people were registered with the surname ALI (male) in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

395 people were registered with the surname ALI (female) in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

The male and female datasets are separate and are never summed.

How rare is this surname?

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How rare is this surname?

“1 in X” means that roughly one in every X people on this list has this surname. The bigger X, the rarer the name. The rank counts from the most common surname on the list.

male

about 1 in 19,045

#2,681 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 19,045 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname ALI on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

ALI (male) ranked 2,681 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #2,679DROZDEK1,114
  2. #2,679LANDOWSKI1,114
  3. #2,681ALI this surname1,113
  4. #2,684DZIEKAN1,112
  5. #2,684GOMÓŁKA1,112

female

about 1 in 54,583

#8,397 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 54,583 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname ALI on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

ALI (female) ranked 8,397 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #8,376KOŁKOWSKA396
  2. #8,376SOBIERALSKA396
  3. #8,397ALI this surname395
  4. #8,419NOWOTNIK394
  5. #8,419WANDAS394

Two places above and two below on the same list. Surnames with the same count share a place.

Where is it most often registered?

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Where is it most often registered?

The map and the list show the voivodeships where people with this surname have a registered permanent address. The brighter the colour and the longer the bar, the bigger the share.

male

Only 9.0% of bearers had a registered voivodeship, so this is not the surname's distribution.

Among the 100 people with the surname ALI (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 32.0% were registered in MAZOWIECKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 3.0% (3)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 5.0% (5)LUBELSKIE: 3.0% (3)LUBUSKIE: 4.0% (4)ŁÓDZKIE: 14.0% (14)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 11.0% (11)MAZOWIECKIE: 32.0% (32)OPOLSKIE: 2.0% (2)PODKARPACKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPODLASKIE: 2.0% (2)POMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŚLĄSKIE: 16.0% (16)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 3.0% (3)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 2.0% (2)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 3.0% (3)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–10%
  • 10%–20%
  • 20%–30%
  • 30%–40%
  • 40%–50%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
MAZOWIECKIE32.0%32
ŚLĄSKIE16.0%16
ŁÓDZKIE14.0%14
MAŁOPOLSKIE11.0%11
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE5.0%5
LUBUSKIE4.0%4
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE3.0%3
LUBELSKIE3.0%3
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE3.0%3
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE3.0%3
OPOLSKIE2.0%2
PODLASKIE2.0%2
WIELKOPOLSKIE2.0%2

female

Only 36.5% of bearers had a registered voivodeship, so this is not the surname's distribution.

Among the 144 people with the surname ALI (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 22.9% were registered in MAZOWIECKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 9.7% (14)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 5.6% (8)LUBELSKIE: 4.9% (7)LUBUSKIE: 4.2% (6)ŁÓDZKIE: 6.9% (10)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 5.6% (8)MAZOWIECKIE: 22.9% (33)OPOLSKIE: 1.4% (2)PODKARPACKIE: 4.2% (6)PODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: 5.6% (8)ŚLĄSKIE: 11.8% (17)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 4.2% (6)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 3.5% (5)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 5.6% (8)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 4.2% (6)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–5%
  • 5%–10%
  • 10%–15%
  • 15%–20%
  • 20%–25%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
MAZOWIECKIE22.9%33
ŚLĄSKIE11.8%17
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE9.7%14
ŁÓDZKIE6.9%10
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE5.6%8
MAŁOPOLSKIE5.6%8
POMORSKIE5.6%8
WIELKOPOLSKIE5.6%8
LUBELSKIE4.9%7
LUBUSKIE4.2%6
PODKARPACKIE4.2%6
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE4.2%6
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE4.2%6
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE3.5%5
OPOLSKIE1.4%2

How did this count change between editions of the list?

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How did this count change between editions of the list?

The PESEL register publishes its lists every year. We show the number of people with this surname on each edition, beside how the whole list changed. We say what changed, not why.

male

The number of people with the surname ALI (male) in the PESEL register changed from 345 on 30 June 2019 to 1,113 on 20 January 2026: +222.6%. The whole list changed by +6.7% between those editions.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

As ofShare of the listPeople
30 June 2019*1 in 57,565345
22 January 20201 in 55,528358
1 February 20211 in 49,596403
27 January 20221 in 43,825461
30 January 20231 in 36,125576
19 January 20241 in 29,338715
22 January 20251 in 24,474862
20 January 20261 in 19,0451,113

* The 2019 files describe their contents in fewer words than the later ones. We read them as the same list: people with their current surname.

female

The number of people with the surname ALI (female) in the PESEL register changed from 249 on 30 June 2019 to 395 on 20 January 2026: +58.6%. The whole list changed by +6.5% between those editions.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

As ofShare of the listPeople
30 June 2019*1 in 81,323249
22 January 20201 in 78,071259
2 February 20211 in 73,417276
27 January 2022The publisher's file dated 27 January 2022 repeats the data of the previous edition, so it is not shown as an edition of its own.
30 January 20231 in 65,955324
19 January 20241 in 62,079346
22 January 20251 in 57,428375
20 January 20261 in 54,583395

* The 2019 files describe their contents in fewer words than the later ones. We read them as the same list: people with their current surname.

What does this surname mean?

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What does this surname mean?

We give a meaning only when a scholarly work supports it. We don't guess.

We have no sourced meaning for this surname. We could not find it in any scholarly work we are able to cite here, and we do not guess at meanings.

Where does it appear in old print?

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Where does it appear in old print?

Polona, the National Library's digital library, searches its catalogue and the text of its scanned pages. We show how many results it returns for this word, and from which years.

The word ALI appears on 303,684 pages of works not under copyright and in 996 catalogue records in Polona (searched on 4 October 2026).

VerifiedDigital libraryPoland · Biblioteka Narodowa · 4 October 2026

These are search results for the word in any inflected form. Some may be another meaning of the same spelling, and they are not a count of people or of mentions of anyone's family.

Pages by date of publication
  1. before 180045,801
  2. 1800–184963,250
  3. 1850–189994,124
  4. 1900–191829,879
  5. 1919–193954,700
  6. 1940 on15,290

Catalogue records by kind

  • Articles73
  • Books31
  • Ephemera23
  • E-books12
  • Sheet music8
  • Prints and drawings4

Most common places of publication

  • Warszawa92,420
  • Kraków27,526
  • Lwów19,169
  • Poznań15,717
  • Paris15,155
  • Wilno9,062

Example pages in the public domain

„All,, Ali.”

Książka misyjna zawierająca modlitwy i nauki najstosowniejsze, ażeby sobie zapewnić zbawienie1914 · p. 669 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„Ali. AU, 4 *”

Śpiewniczek religijny do użytku młodzieży szkolnej1929 · p. 56 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„Ali. — Zawitaj przyby wający, Boże Synu wszechmogący! Wybaw nas z piekielnej mocy. Ali.”

U stóp Niepokalanej : książeczka do modlenia ku chwale Bożej i czci Niepokalanej Panny Maryi1914 · p. 440 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

Who well known has this surname?

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Who well known has this surname?

We have not looked this surname up in Wikidata yet.

How do we know?

Sources on this page

  • Official data Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji — Nazwiska występujące w rejestrze PESEL · 20 January 2026 · CC0 1.0 · Dane pochodzą z rejestru PESEL, Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, dane.gov.pl (CC0 1.0) · dane.gov.pl
  • Digital library Biblioteka Narodowa — Polona · Polona, Biblioteka Narodowa · polona.pl
How to read these figures
  • Wykaz nazwisk męskich osób żyjących (wg pola nazwisko aktualne) występujących w rejestrze PESEL, stan na 20.01.2026
  • Surnames occurring once are not published; absence from the dataset is not zero.
  • The publisher does not state whether the split is by a person's sex or by the grammatical gender of the surname form. The datasets are therefore neither summed nor compared numerically.
  • The male and female datasets are separate and are never summed.
  • Wykaz nazwisk żeńskich osób żyjących (wg pola nazwisko aktualne) występujących w rejestrze PESEL, stan na 20.01.2026
  • Denominator: 21,197,537 people counted in the PESEL register — the sum of the published counts in this dataset, not Poland's population.
  • The 1-in-X figure is rounded; the count of people is exact.
  • Denominator: 21,560,302 people counted in the PESEL register — the sum of the published counts in this dataset, not Poland's population.
  • A permanent registered residence is an address in the register — not an actual address, and not information about a family's roots.
  • Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
  • Only 9.0% of bearers had a registered voivodeship, so this is not the surname's distribution.
  • Only 36.5% of bearers had a registered voivodeship, so this is not the surname's distribution.
  • The size of the list itself changes between editions, so beside the count we show the share of that edition's list (“1 in X”).
  • Polona's figures are search results for the word in any inflected form, in the catalogue and in the text of pages of works not under copyright; not every result is the surname.

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