Surname FYDRYCH

People with the surname FYDRYCH in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 456 men and 489 women. Most registered in: WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE.

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male

456people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 46,486

Most registered in: WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE (26.0%, 20 January 2026)

female

489people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 44,091

Most registered in: WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE (27.4%, 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

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

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

489 people were registered with the surname FYDRYCH (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 46,486

#7,038 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 46,486 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname FYDRYCH on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

FYDRYCH (male) ranked 7,038 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #7,015ŚNIEGOCKI457
  2. #7,015WICHŁACZ457
  3. #7,038FYDRYCH this surname456
  4. #7,056GAWKOWSKI455
  5. #7,056GROSICKI455

female

about 1 in 44,091

#6,669 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 44,091 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname FYDRYCH on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

FYDRYCH (female) ranked 6,669 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #6,649SAMULSKA490
  2. #6,649SMARDZEWSKA490
  3. #6,669FYDRYCH this surname489
  4. #6,684BUBAK488
  5. #6,684PIELECH488

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 389 people with the surname FYDRYCH (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 26.0% were registered in WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 3.6% (14)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 6.4% (25)LUBELSKIE: 1.5% (6)LUBUSKIE: 0.8% (3)ŁÓDZKIE: 2.6% (10)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 1.5% (6)MAZOWIECKIE: 23.4% (91)OPOLSKIE: 1.3% (5)PODKARPACKIE: 4.4% (17)PODLASKIE: 1.0% (4)POMORSKIE: 7.2% (28)ŚLĄSKIE: 11.3% (44)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 1.3% (5)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 26.0% (101)WIELKOPOLSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 7.7% (30)

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
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE26.0%101
MAZOWIECKIE23.4%91
ŚLĄSKIE11.3%44
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE7.7%30
POMORSKIE7.2%28
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE6.4%25
PODKARPACKIE4.4%17
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE3.6%14
ŁÓDZKIE2.6%10
LUBELSKIE1.5%6
MAŁOPOLSKIE1.5%6
OPOLSKIE1.3%5
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE1.3%5
PODLASKIE1.0%4
LUBUSKIE0.8%3

female

Among the 431 people with the surname FYDRYCH (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 27.4% were registered in WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 3.0% (13)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 8.6% (37)LUBELSKIE: 1.6% (7)LUBUSKIE: 1.4% (6)ŁÓDZKIE: 2.8% (12)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 1.9% (8)MAZOWIECKIE: 21.8% (94)OPOLSKIE: 1.2% (5)PODKARPACKIE: 4.6% (20)PODLASKIE: 0.7% (3)POMORSKIE: 5.3% (23)ŚLĄSKIE: 9.5% (41)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 0.9% (4)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 27.4% (118)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 0.7% (3)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 8.6% (37)

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
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE27.4%118
MAZOWIECKIE21.8%94
ŚLĄSKIE9.5%41
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE8.6%37
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE8.6%37
POMORSKIE5.3%23
PODKARPACKIE4.6%20
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE3.0%13
ŁÓDZKIE2.8%12
MAŁOPOLSKIE1.9%8
LUBELSKIE1.6%7
LUBUSKIE1.4%6
OPOLSKIE1.2%5
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE0.9%4
PODLASKIE0.7%3
WIELKOPOLSKIE0.7%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 FYDRYCH (male) in the PESEL register changed from 466 on 30 June 2019 to 456 on 20 January 2026: −2.1%. 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 42,618466
22 January 20201 in 43,028462
1 February 20211 in 43,450460
27 January 20221 in 43,636463
30 January 20231 in 45,235460
19 January 20241 in 45,602460
22 January 20251 in 45,861460
20 January 20261 in 46,486456

* 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 FYDRYCH (female) in the PESEL register changed from 518 on 30 June 2019 to 489 on 20 January 2026: −5.6%. 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 39,091518
22 January 20201 in 39,187516
2 February 20211 in 39,346515
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 42,316505
19 January 20241 in 42,533505
22 January 20251 in 43,157499
20 January 20261 in 44,091489

* 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 FYDRYCH appears on 196 pages of works not under copyright and in 36 catalogue records in Polona (searched on 5 October 2026).

VerifiedDigital libraryPoland · Biblioteka Narodowa · 5 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. 1800–18495
  2. 1900–19182
  3. 1919–193934
  4. 1940 on154

Catalogue records by kind

  • Ephemera2

Most common places of publication

  • Warszawa110
  • Chicago, IL10
  • Olsztyn10
  • Kraków9
  • Cracow7
  • Katowice5

Example pages in the public domain

„Krasnoludki i gamonie / Waldemar Major Fydrych. - [Wro cław ; Warszawa] : Wydawnictwo Pomarańczowa Alterna”

Przewodnik Bibliograficzny : urzędowy wykaz druków wydanych w Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej R. 63, nr 6 (4/10 lutego 2007) = R. 752007 · p. 37 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„. - Warsz., 2001 poz. 7865, 7866 Żywoty mężów pomarańczowych / Waldemar Fydrych. - Wroc., 2002 poz. 915”

Bibliografia Zawartości Czasopism R. 57, indeksy (2003), wyd. 20042004 · p. 791 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„Fydrych Marek z listy Nr 2 5. Motyka Jan z listy Nr 2 6.”

Dziennik Urzędowy Województwa Krakowskiego. 1990, nr 14 (2 czerwca)1990 · p. 107 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

Who well known has this surname?

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Who well known has this surname?

Wikidata, the open knowledge base behind Wikipedia, lists people with this surname. Polish citizens come first, and among them those the most Wikipedia articles are written about.

Wikidata lists 1 person with the surname FYDRYCH who has a Wikipedia article (as of 6 October 2026).

VerifiedSourceWorldwide · Wikidata · 6 October 2026

Sharing a surname does not mean being related. Wikidata is edited by volunteers and can be wrong.

  1. Waldemar Fydrychb. 1953Polish activistWikipediaWikidata

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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
  • Source Wikidata · CC0 · wikidata.org
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”).
  • 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.
  • The people from Wikidata share the surname; that does not mean they are related to each other or to anyone. No date of death in Wikidata does not mean a person is living.

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