Surname KAISER

People with the surname KAISER in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 749 men and 882 women. Most registered in: WIELKOPOLSKIE.

6 verified statements

male

749people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 28,301

Most registered in: WIELKOPOLSKIE (24.0%, 20 January 2026)

female

882people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 24,445

Most registered in: WIELKOPOLSKIE (23.1%, 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

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

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

882 people were registered with the surname KAISER (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 28,301

#4,154 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 28,301 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname KAISER on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

KAISER (male) ranked 4,154 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #4,147WILAMOWSKI750
  2. #4,147ZDYBEL750
  3. #4,154KAISER this surname749
  4. #4,159FERENS748
  5. #4,159KANIOWSKI748

female

about 1 in 24,445

#3,578 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 24,445 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname KAISER on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

KAISER (female) ranked 3,578 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #3,576ADAM883
  2. #3,576DENYSIUK883
  3. #3,578KAISER this surname882
  4. #3,584BUDZIAK881
  5. #3,584DWOJAK881

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 549 people with the surname KAISER (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 24.0% were registered in WIELKOPOLSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 5.6% (31)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 7.3% (40)LUBELSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBUSKIE: 3.1% (17)ŁÓDZKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAŁOPOLSKIE: 3.3% (18)MAZOWIECKIE: 3.6% (20)OPOLSKIE: 2.2% (12)PODKARPACKIE: 0.9% (5)PODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: 23.5% (129)ŚLĄSKIE: 23.3% (128)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 1.5% (8)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 24.0% (132)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 1.6% (9)

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
WIELKOPOLSKIE24.0%132
POMORSKIE23.5%129
ŚLĄSKIE23.3%128
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE7.3%40
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE5.6%31
MAZOWIECKIE3.6%20
MAŁOPOLSKIE3.3%18
LUBUSKIE3.1%17
OPOLSKIE2.2%12
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE1.6%9
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE1.5%8
PODKARPACKIE0.9%5

female

Among the 697 people with the surname KAISER (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 23.1% were registered in WIELKOPOLSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 5.6% (39)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 7.3% (51)LUBELSKIE: 0.4% (3)LUBUSKIE: 2.7% (19)ŁÓDZKIE: 0.3% (2)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 2.9% (20)MAZOWIECKIE: 3.6% (25)OPOLSKIE: 3.7% (26)PODKARPACKIE: 0.9% (6)PODLASKIE: 0.6% (4)POMORSKIE: 20.7% (144)ŚLĄSKIE: 22.8% (159)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 0.3% (2)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 2.0% (14)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 23.1% (161)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 3.2% (22)

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
WIELKOPOLSKIE23.1%161
ŚLĄSKIE22.8%159
POMORSKIE20.7%144
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE7.3%51
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE5.6%39
OPOLSKIE3.7%26
MAZOWIECKIE3.6%25
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE3.2%22
MAŁOPOLSKIE2.9%20
LUBUSKIE2.7%19
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE2.0%14
PODKARPACKIE0.9%6
PODLASKIE0.6%4
LUBELSKIE0.4%3
ŁÓDZKIE0.3%2
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE0.3%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 KAISER (male) in the PESEL register changed from 755 on 30 June 2019 to 749 on 20 January 2026: −0.8%. 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 26,304755
22 January 20201 in 26,648746
1 February 20211 in 26,650750
27 January 20221 in 27,119745
30 January 20231 in 27,744750
19 January 20241 in 28,006749
22 January 20251 in 28,053752
20 January 20261 in 28,301749

* 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 KAISER (female) in the PESEL register changed from 894 on 30 June 2019 to 882 on 20 January 2026: −1.3%. 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 22,650894
22 January 20201 in 22,567896
2 February 20211 in 22,515900
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 23,903894
19 January 20241 in 24,080892
22 January 20251 in 24,143892
20 January 20261 in 24,445882

* 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 KAISER appears on 94,569 pages of works not under copyright and in 660 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 180053
  2. 1800–18495,430
  3. 1850–189943,018
  4. 1900–191821,114
  5. 1919–193918,872
  6. 1940 on5,646

Catalogue records by kind

  • Books250
  • Ephemera153
  • Postcards41
  • Prints and drawings35
  • Sheet music18
  • Articles9

Most common places of publication

  • Wien10,192
  • Berlin9,074
  • Leipzig8,742
  • Warszawa8,075
  • Kraków6,439
  • Poznań4,854

Example pages in the public domain

„Von Theodosius zum Kaiser erhoben 16. Jan. 383. Kaiser des Morgenlandes 17. Jan. 395. ± 1. Mai 408.”

Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der deutschen Staaten und der Niederlande1871 · p. 34 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„Kaiser Wilhelm und Fiirst Bismarck, Kaiser Wilhelm und Fiirst Bis Tertia.”

Das Buch der Erfindungen, Gewerbe und Industrien : Rundschau auf allen Gebieten der Gewerblichen Arbeit. Bd. 1, Einführung in die Geschichte der Erfindungen : Bildungsgang und Bildungsmittel der Menschheit1884 · p. 587 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„Kaiser Wilhelm mul Fiirst Dis Kaiser Wilhelm und F Kaiser Wilhelm un Kaiser Wilhelm Kaiser Wilhel Kaiser”

Das Buch der Erfindungen, Gewerbe und Industrien : Rundschau auf allen Gebieten der Gewerblichen Arbeit. Bd. 1, Einführung in die Geschichte der Erfindungen : Bildungsgang und Bildungsmittel der Menschheit1884 · p. 588 · 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.
  • 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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