Surname DERC

People with the surname DERC in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 126 men and 129 women. Most registered in: POMORSKIE.

6 verified statements

male

126people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 168,234

Most registered in: POMORSKIE (90.7%, 20 January 2026)

female

129people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 167,134

Most registered in: POMORSKIE (87.8%, 20 January 2026)

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

126 people were registered with the surname DERC (male) in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

129 people were registered with the surname DERC (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 168,234

#24,341 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 168,234 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname DERC on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DERC (male) ranked 24,341 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #24,159ŻEGNAŁEK127
  2. #24,159ZWIERZCHLEWSKI127
  3. #24,341DERC this surname126
  4. #24,514ALOT125
  5. #24,514ALTMAN125

female

about 1 in 167,134

#24,299 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 167,134 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname DERC on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DERC (female) ranked 24,299 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #24,154WOŹNIKOWSKA130
  2. #24,154ZAŁACHOWSKA130
  3. #24,299DERC this surname129
  4. #24,460BOROWSKI128
  5. #24,460UZUN128

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

Among the 108 people with the surname DERC (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 90.7% were registered in POMORSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroKUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 3.7% (4)LUBELSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBUSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŁÓDZKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAŁOPOLSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAZOWIECKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroOPOLSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPODKARPACKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: 90.7% (98)ŚLĄSKIE: 1.9% (2)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 1.9% (2)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 1.9% (2)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zero

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–20%
  • 20%–40%
  • 40%–60%
  • 60%–80%
  • 80%–100%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
POMORSKIE90.7%98
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE3.7%4
ŚLĄSKIE1.9%2
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE1.9%2
WIELKOPOLSKIE1.9%2

female

Among the 115 people with the surname DERC (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 87.8% were registered in POMORSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroKUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 5.2% (6)LUBELSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBUSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŁÓDZKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAŁOPOLSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAZOWIECKIE: 1.7% (2)OPOLSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPODKARPACKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: 87.8% (101)ŚLĄSKIE: 1.7% (2)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 1.7% (2)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 1.7% (2)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zero

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–20%
  • 20%–40%
  • 40%–60%
  • 60%–80%
  • 80%–100%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
POMORSKIE87.8%101
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE5.2%6
MAZOWIECKIE1.7%2
ŚLĄSKIE1.7%2
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE1.7%2
WIELKOPOLSKIE1.7%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 DERC (male) in the PESEL register changed from 130 on 30 June 2019 to 126 on 20 January 2026: −3.1%. 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 152,768130
22 January 20201 in 152,916130
1 February 20211 in 153,748130
27 January 20221 in 154,226131
30 January 20231 in 162,563128
19 January 20241 in 165,172127
22 January 20251 in 167,430126
20 January 20261 in 168,234126

* 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 DERC (female) in the PESEL register changed from 133 on 30 June 2019 to 129 on 20 January 2026: −3.0%. 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 152,251133
22 January 20201 in 153,184132
2 February 20211 in 151,218134
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 165,655129
19 January 20241 in 166,507129
22 January 20251 in 166,942129
20 January 20261 in 167,134129

* 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?

We have not searched Polona's collections for this surname yet.

Which localities have this name?

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Which localities have this name?

The TERYT register, Poland's official list of localities, holds localities named the same as this surname. We show them with their gmina, powiat and voivodeship.

The TERYT register lists 1 locality named DERC (as of 1 January 2026).

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · GUS · 1 January 2026

A shared name in the register. It does not say where the surname began, or that the surname and these places are connected.

  • Dercvillagegmina Jeziorany, powiat olsztyński, WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE voivodeship

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
  • Official data GUS — TERYT · 1 January 2026 · api.stat.gov.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.
  • 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”).
  • A shared name in the register. It does not say where the surname began, or that the surname and these places are connected.
  • Whole localities only, as SIMC lists them, without parts of a locality, under the register's official name.

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