Surname KRYSTA

People with the surname KRYSTA in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 300 men and 322 women. Most registered in: ŚLĄSKIE.

6 verified statements · 1 possible finding

male

300people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 70,658

Most registered in: ŚLĄSKIE (86.8%, 20 January 2026)

female

322people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 66,957

Most registered in: ŚLĄSKIE (85.3%, 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

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

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

322 people were registered with the surname KRYSTA (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 70,658

#10,878 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 70,658 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname KRYSTA on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

KRYSTA (male) ranked 10,878 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #10,833ZAWODNIK301
  2. #10,833ZJAWIONY301
  3. #10,878KRYSTA this surname300
  4. #10,914BARTKÓW299
  5. #10,914BATKOWSKI299

female

about 1 in 66,957

#10,316 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 66,957 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname KRYSTA on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

KRYSTA (female) ranked 10,316 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #10,285TROCIŃSKA323
  2. #10,285YEMELIANOVA323
  3. #10,316KRYSTA this surname322
  4. #10,350BUSZKO321
  5. #10,350KUPŚ321

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 258 people with the surname KRYSTA (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 86.8% were registered in ŚLĄSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 5.4% (14)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBELSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBUSKIE: 0.8% (2)ŁÓDZKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAŁOPOLSKIE: 3.1% (8)MAZOWIECKIE: 1.6% (4)OPOLSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPODKARPACKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŚLĄSKIE: 86.8% (224)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWIELKOPOLSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 2.3% (6)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–20%
  • 20%–40%
  • 40%–60%
  • 60%–80%
  • 80%–100%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
ŚLĄSKIE86.8%224
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE5.4%14
MAŁOPOLSKIE3.1%8
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE2.3%6
MAZOWIECKIE1.6%4
LUBUSKIE0.8%2

female

Among the 292 people with the surname KRYSTA (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 85.3% were registered in ŚLĄSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 4.8% (14)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBELSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBUSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŁÓDZKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAŁOPOLSKIE: 3.1% (9)MAZOWIECKIE: 2.1% (6)OPOLSKIE: 1.7% (5)PODKARPACKIE: 1.4% (4)PODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŚLĄSKIE: 85.3% (249)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWIELKOPOLSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 1.7% (5)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–20%
  • 20%–40%
  • 40%–60%
  • 60%–80%
  • 80%–100%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
ŚLĄSKIE85.3%249
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE4.8%14
MAŁOPOLSKIE3.1%9
MAZOWIECKIE2.1%6
OPOLSKIE1.7%5
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE1.7%5
PODKARPACKIE1.4%4

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 KRYSTA (male) in the PESEL register changed from 313 on 30 June 2019 to 300 on 20 January 2026: −4.2%. 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 63,450313
22 January 20201 in 64,333309
1 February 20211 in 64,268311
27 January 20221 in 65,173310
30 January 20231 in 68,223305
19 January 20241 in 69,003304
22 January 20251 in 70,087301
20 January 20261 in 70,658300

* 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 KRYSTA (female) in the PESEL register changed from 339 on 30 June 2019 to 322 on 20 January 2026: −5.0%. 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 59,733339
22 January 20201 in 60,359335
2 February 20211 in 61,404330
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 65,151328
19 January 20241 in 65,686327
22 January 20251 in 66,468324
20 January 20261 in 66,957322

* 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.

This is a scholarly interpretation, not a measured value. Surname origins are often contested.

olbrzymia ilość dzisiejszych nazwisk to pierwotne imiona, lub też ich odmiany zdrobniałe, zgrubiałe lub pochodne. Porównaj: […] Krysta

PossibleScholarly workPoland · ks. Józef Buryan · 1933

Type
other

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
  • Scholarly work ks. Józef Buryan — Skąd pochodzi twoje imię i nazwisko i nazwa miejscowości rodzinnej? (Zwięzły zarys imiennictwa polskiego) · 1933 · s. 11 (skan ZBC oai:zbc.uz.zgora.pl:82526, str. PDF 13)
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”).
  • This is a scholarly interpretation, not a measured value.

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