Surname KLIMASZEWSKI

People with the surname KLIMASZEWSKI in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 2,322 men and 17 women. Most registered in: PODLASKIE.

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male

2,322people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 9,129

Most registered in: PODLASKIE (23.2%, 20 January 2026)

female

17people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 1,268,253

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

2,322 people were registered with the surname KLIMASZEWSKI (male) in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

17 people were registered with the surname KLIMASZEWSKI (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 9,129

#1,102 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 9,129 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname KLIMASZEWSKI on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

KLIMASZEWSKI (male) ranked 1,102 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #1,098ŚLIWKA2,324
  2. #1,098WALAS2,324
  3. #1,102KLIMASZEWSKI this surname2,322
  4. #1,103WISZNIEWSKI2,321
  5. #1,104PIETRZYKOWSKI2,316

female

about 1 in 1,268,253

#97,328 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 1,268,253 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname KLIMASZEWSKI on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

KLIMASZEWSKI (female) ranked 97,328 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #94,271ŻWIRECKA18
  2. #94,271ŻYŁAWA18
  3. #97,328KLIMASZEWSKI this surname17
  4. #100,755JAGODZIŃSKI16
  5. #100,755RÓŻYCKI16

Two places above and two below on the same list. Surnames with the same count share a place.

The other grammatical form

KLIMASZEWSKA (female): 2,420 people, rank 1,054 on the surname list on 20 January 2026.

The same surname in the other grammatical gender, on the other list. It says nothing about kinship.

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 2,087 people with the surname KLIMASZEWSKI (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 23.2% were registered in PODLASKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 6.8% (141)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 2.9% (60)LUBELSKIE: 1.8% (37)LUBUSKIE: 2.4% (51)ŁÓDZKIE: 9.2% (191)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 1.7% (35)MAZOWIECKIE: 17.3% (362)OPOLSKIE: 0.8% (16)PODKARPACKIE: 0.6% (12)PODLASKIE: 23.2% (485)POMORSKIE: 4.1% (86)ŚLĄSKIE: 5.3% (110)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 1.1% (22)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 11.1% (231)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 5.0% (104)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 6.9% (144)

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
PODLASKIE23.2%485
MAZOWIECKIE17.3%362
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE11.1%231
ŁÓDZKIE9.2%191
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE6.9%144
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE6.8%141
ŚLĄSKIE5.3%110
WIELKOPOLSKIE5.0%104
POMORSKIE4.1%86
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE2.9%60
LUBUSKIE2.4%51
LUBELSKIE1.8%37
MAŁOPOLSKIE1.7%35
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE1.1%22
OPOLSKIE0.8%16
PODKARPACKIE0.6%12

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 KLIMASZEWSKI (male) in the PESEL register changed from 2,390 on 30 June 2019 to 2,322 on 20 January 2026: −2.8%. 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 8,3102,390
22 January 20201 in 8,3702,375
1 February 20211 in 8,3982,380
27 January 20221 in 8,5392,366
30 January 20231 in 8,8172,360
19 January 20241 in 8,9302,349
22 January 20251 in 9,0122,341
20 January 20261 in 9,1292,322

* 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 KLIMASZEWSKI (female) in the PESEL register changed from 13 on 30 June 2019 to 17 on 20 January 2026: +30.8%. 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 1,557,64013
22 January 20201 in 1,555,41113
2 February 20211 in 1,558,70913
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 1,424,63215
19 January 20241 in 1,431,95915
22 January 20251 in 1,345,97016
20 January 20261 in 1,268,25317

* 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 KLIMASZEWSKI appears on 9,033 pages of works not under copyright and in 153 catalogue records in Polona (searched on 1 October 2026).

VerifiedDigital libraryPoland · Biblioteka Narodowa · 1 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 18002
  2. 1800–18491,076
  3. 1850–18991,827
  4. 1900–19181,134
  5. 1919–19393,158
  6. 1940 on1,828

Catalogue records by kind

  • Periodicals60
  • Books22
  • Manuscripts6
  • Ephemera5
  • Maps and atlases2

Most common places of publication

  • Warszawa4,988
  • Kraków1,021
  • Poznań487
  • Lwów484
  • Wilno444
  • Sosnowiec128

Example pages in the public domain

„KLIMASZEWSKI h. JASTRZĘBIEC. Ignacy, dziedzic dóbr Cho- szczew, w wojew.”

Rodzina : herbarz szlachty polskiej. T. 6, Jasiecki-Kliński1909 · p. 395 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„KLIMASZEWSKI p. RYŁLO h. WIENIAWA, 1570; łom żyński, wileńskie, krakowski (Kt, Pp, Ns, Br, H. Kr.”

Polska encyklopedja szlachecka. T. 6, [Wykazy polskich rodzin szlacheckich]. T. 31937 · p. 350 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„(nie umie pisać). 1730 Tomasz Klęsk (umie pisać). 1731 — 1732 Antoni Cieszyński. 1733 Wojciech Klimaszewski”

Pilzno i pilźnianie1911 · p. 223 · 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 16 people with the surname KLIMASZEWSKI who have a Wikipedia article (as of 4 October 2026).

VerifiedSourceWorldwide · Wikidata · 4 October 2026

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

  1. Mieczysław Klimaszewski1908–1995Polish geographer (1908-1995)WikipediaWikidata
  2. Andrzej Klimaszewskib. 1954Polish canoeistWikipediaWikidata
  3. Jarosław Klimaszewskib. 1970Polish politicianWikipediaWikidata

The other people (13) will be in the “Surname and family” report.

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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
  • 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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