Surname FOX

People with the surname FOX in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 144 men and 187 women. Most registered in: ŚLĄSKIE.

6 verified statements

male

144people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 147,205

female

187people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 115,296

Most registered in: ŚLĄSKIE (26.8%, 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

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

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

187 people were registered with the surname FOX (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 147,205

#21,697 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 147,205 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname FOX on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

FOX (male) ranked 21,697 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #21,549ŻYDZIAK145
  2. #21,549ZYGIEL145
  3. #21,697FOX this surname144
  4. #21,833AMBROŻKIEWICZ143
  5. #21,833ARABSKI143

female

about 1 in 115,296

#17,462 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 115,296 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname FOX on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

FOX (female) ranked 17,462 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #17,377WĘGIELSKA188
  2. #17,377ZDZIENICKA188
  3. #17,462FOX this surname187
  4. #17,544GIŁKA186
  5. #17,544KRASNY186

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 47.2% of bearers had a registered voivodeship, so this is not the surname's distribution.

Among the 68 people with the surname FOX (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 41.2% were registered in ŚLĄSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 7.4% (5)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 2.9% (2)LUBELSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBUSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŁÓDZKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAŁOPOLSKIE: 10.3% (7)MAZOWIECKIE: 2.9% (2)OPOLSKIE: 10.3% (7)PODKARPACKIE: 4.4% (3)PODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: 7.4% (5)ŚLĄSKIE: 41.2% (28)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWIELKOPOLSKIE: 7.4% (5)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 5.9% (4)

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
ŚLĄSKIE41.2%28
MAŁOPOLSKIE10.3%7
OPOLSKIE10.3%7
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE7.4%5
POMORSKIE7.4%5
WIELKOPOLSKIE7.4%5
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE5.9%4
PODKARPACKIE4.4%3
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE2.9%2
MAZOWIECKIE2.9%2

female

Among the 112 people with the surname FOX (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 26.8% were registered in ŚLĄSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 9.8% (11)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 2.7% (3)LUBELSKIE: 5.4% (6)LUBUSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŁÓDZKIE: 1.8% (2)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 8.0% (9)MAZOWIECKIE: 5.4% (6)OPOLSKIE: 7.1% (8)PODKARPACKIE: 6.3% (7)PODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: 5.4% (6)ŚLĄSKIE: 26.8% (30)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 1.8% (2)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 3.6% (4)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 8.9% (10)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 7.1% (8)

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
ŚLĄSKIE26.8%30
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE9.8%11
WIELKOPOLSKIE8.9%10
MAŁOPOLSKIE8.0%9
OPOLSKIE7.1%8
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE7.1%8
PODKARPACKIE6.3%7
LUBELSKIE5.4%6
MAZOWIECKIE5.4%6
POMORSKIE5.4%6
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE3.6%4
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE2.7%3
ŁÓDZKIE1.8%2
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE1.8%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 FOX (male) in the PESEL register changed from 119 on 30 June 2019 to 144 on 20 January 2026: +21.0%. 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 166,889119
22 January 20201 in 172,861115
1 February 20211 in 169,383118
27 January 20221 in 169,778119
30 January 20231 in 165,143126
19 January 20241 in 158,915132
22 January 20251 in 148,565142
20 January 20261 in 147,205144

* 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 FOX (female) in the PESEL register changed from 148 on 30 June 2019 to 187 on 20 January 2026: +26.4%. 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 136,820148
22 January 20201 in 135,707149
2 February 20211 in 133,311152
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 128,732166
19 January 20241 in 120,671178
22 January 20251 in 117,680183
20 January 20261 in 115,296187

* 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.
  • Only 47.2% 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”).

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