Surname DEREK

People with the surname DEREK in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 291 men and 290 women. Most registered in: ŁÓDZKIE.

6 verified statements

male

291people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 72,844

Most registered in: ŁÓDZKIE (30.2%, 20 January 2026)

female

290people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 74,346

Most registered in: ŁÓDZKIE (31.2%, 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

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

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

290 people were registered with the surname DEREK (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 72,844

#11,222 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 72,844 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname DEREK on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DEREK (male) ranked 11,222 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #11,187WIDULIŃSKI292
  2. #11,187ZAPERT292
  3. #11,222DEREK this surname291
  4. #11,255ATAMANIUK290
  5. #11,255BIŚ290

female

about 1 in 74,346

#11,484 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 74,346 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname DEREK on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DEREK (female) ranked 11,484 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #11,444ZAGÓRNA291
  2. #11,444ŻYGOWSKA291
  3. #11,484DEREK this surname290
  4. #11,534GŁOWIENKA289
  5. #11,534JARMUŻEK289

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 265 people with the surname DEREK (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 30.2% were registered in ŁÓDZKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 5.3% (14)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 1.1% (3)LUBELSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBUSKIE: 1.5% (4)ŁÓDZKIE: 30.2% (80)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 3.8% (10)MAZOWIECKIE: 6.4% (17)OPOLSKIE: 3.8% (10)PODKARPACKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: 4.9% (13)ŚLĄSKIE: 21.9% (58)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 2.6% (7)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 1.9% (5)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 12.1% (32)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 4.5% (12)

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
ŁÓDZKIE30.2%80
ŚLĄSKIE21.9%58
WIELKOPOLSKIE12.1%32
MAZOWIECKIE6.4%17
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE5.3%14
POMORSKIE4.9%13
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE4.5%12
MAŁOPOLSKIE3.8%10
OPOLSKIE3.8%10
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE2.6%7
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE1.9%5
LUBUSKIE1.5%4
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE1.1%3

female

Among the 266 people with the surname DEREK (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 31.2% were registered in ŁÓDZKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 5.6% (15)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 1.1% (3)LUBELSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBUSKIE: 1.5% (4)ŁÓDZKIE: 31.2% (83)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 3.8% (10)MAZOWIECKIE: 6.0% (16)OPOLSKIE: 4.9% (13)PODKARPACKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPODLASKIE: 1.9% (5)POMORSKIE: 6.0% (16)ŚLĄSKIE: 16.2% (43)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 5.3% (14)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWIELKOPOLSKIE: 10.9% (29)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 5.6% (15)

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
ŁÓDZKIE31.2%83
ŚLĄSKIE16.2%43
WIELKOPOLSKIE10.9%29
MAZOWIECKIE6.0%16
POMORSKIE6.0%16
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE5.6%15
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE5.6%15
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE5.3%14
OPOLSKIE4.9%13
MAŁOPOLSKIE3.8%10
PODLASKIE1.9%5
LUBUSKIE1.5%4
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE1.1%3

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 DEREK (male) in the PESEL register changed from 297 on 30 June 2019 to 291 on 20 January 2026: −2.0%. 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 66,868297
22 January 20201 in 66,933297
1 February 20211 in 67,297297
27 January 20221 in 67,797298
30 January 20231 in 69,592299
19 January 20241 in 70,629297
22 January 20251 in 71,756294
20 January 20261 in 72,844291

* 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 DEREK (female) in the PESEL register changed from 284 on 30 June 2019 to 290 on 20 January 2026: +2.1%. 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 71,300284
22 January 20201 in 69,248292
2 February 20211 in 68,689295
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 71,470299
19 January 20241 in 71,837299
22 January 20251 in 74,260290
20 January 20261 in 74,346290

* 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.

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
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”).

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