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Surname KUBIS

People with the surname KUBIS in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 1,037 men and 1,075 women.

6 verified statements · 1 possible finding

male

1,037people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 20,441

Most registered in: WIELKOPOLSKIE (17.0%, 20 January 2026)

female

1,075people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 20,056

Most registered in: ŚLĄSKIE (17.1%, 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

1,037 people were registered with the surname KUBIS (male) in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

1,075 people were registered with the surname KUBIS (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 20,441

#2,909 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 20,441 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname KUBIS on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

KUBIS (male) ranked 2,909 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #2,905KRUCZKOWSKI1,039
  2. #2,908RYCHLICKI1,038
  3. #2,909KUBIS this surname1,037
  4. #2,915BIEDA1,036
  5. #2,915ŁYKO1,036

female

about 1 in 20,056

#2,870 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 20,056 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname KUBIS on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

KUBIS (female) ranked 2,870 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #2,868CWYNAR1,076
  2. #2,868SKORUPKA1,076
  3. #2,870KUBIS this surname1,075
  4. #2,874GAŁCZYŃSKA1,074
  5. #2,874ŁĄTKA1,074

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 881 people with the surname KUBIS (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 17.0% were registered in WIELKOPOLSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 5.3% (47)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 1.7% (15)LUBELSKIE: 0.9% (8)LUBUSKIE: 1.1% (10)ŁÓDZKIE: 8.9% (78)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 10.7% (94)MAZOWIECKIE: 7.9% (70)OPOLSKIE: 15.3% (135)PODKARPACKIE: 9.3% (82)PODLASKIE: 0.2% (2)POMORSKIE: 2.4% (21)ŚLĄSKIE: 15.2% (134)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 0.5% (4)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 0.9% (8)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 17.0% (150)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 2.6% (23)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–4%
  • 4%–8%
  • 8%–12%
  • 12%–16%
  • 16%–20%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
WIELKOPOLSKIE17.0%150
OPOLSKIE15.3%135
ŚLĄSKIE15.2%134
MAŁOPOLSKIE10.7%94
PODKARPACKIE9.3%82
ŁÓDZKIE8.9%78
MAZOWIECKIE7.9%70
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE5.3%47
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE2.6%23
POMORSKIE2.4%21
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE1.7%15
LUBUSKIE1.1%10
LUBELSKIE0.9%8
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE0.9%8
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE0.5%4
PODLASKIE0.2%2

female

Among the 935 people with the surname KUBIS (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 17.1% were registered in ŚLĄSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 6.7% (63)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 1.1% (10)LUBELSKIE: 0.5% (5)LUBUSKIE: 1.1% (10)ŁÓDZKIE: 9.1% (85)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 9.1% (85)MAZOWIECKIE: 8.3% (78)OPOLSKIE: 16.0% (150)PODKARPACKIE: 7.3% (68)PODLASKIE: 0.2% (2)POMORSKIE: 3.0% (28)ŚLĄSKIE: 17.1% (160)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 0.6% (6)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 1.0% (9)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 16.5% (154)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 2.4% (22)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–4%
  • 4%–8%
  • 8%–12%
  • 12%–16%
  • 16%–20%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
ŚLĄSKIE17.1%160
WIELKOPOLSKIE16.5%154
OPOLSKIE16.0%150
ŁÓDZKIE9.1%85
MAŁOPOLSKIE9.1%85
MAZOWIECKIE8.3%78
PODKARPACKIE7.3%68
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE6.7%63
POMORSKIE3.0%28
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE2.4%22
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE1.1%10
LUBUSKIE1.1%10
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE1.0%9
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE0.6%6
LUBELSKIE0.5%5
PODLASKIE0.2%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 KUBIS (male) in the PESEL register changed from 1,048 on 30 June 2019 to 1,037 on 20 January 2026: −1.0%. 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 18,9501,048
22 January 20201 in 18,9691,048
1 February 20211 in 18,9811,053
27 January 20221 in 19,3341,045
30 January 20231 in 19,8741,047
19 January 20241 in 20,0731,045
22 January 20251 in 20,1491,047
20 January 20261 in 20,4411,037

* 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 KUBIS (female) in the PESEL register changed from 1,108 on 30 June 2019 to 1,075 on 20 January 2026: −3.0%. 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 18,2761,108
22 January 20201 in 18,3821,100
2 February 20211 in 18,5561,092
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 19,7871,080
19 January 20241 in 19,9251,078
22 January 20251 in 19,9591,079
20 January 20261 in 20,0561,075

* 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.

Bardzo wżył się w naród polski Jakób-Kuba. Od niego wywodzą swe istnienie nazwiska: […] Kubis

PossibleScholarly workPoland · ks. Józef Buryan · 1933

Root
Jakób-Kuba
Type
other

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 KUBIS appears on 1,919 pages of works not under copyright and in 58 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 18002
  2. 1800–184918
  3. 1850–189974
  4. 1900–1918215
  5. 1919–1939888
  6. 1940 on721

Catalogue records by kind

  • Articles4
  • Books3

Most common places of publication

  • Warszawa948
  • Katowice311
  • Poznań175
  • Kraków57
  • Gliwice52
  • Łódź28

Example pages in the public domain

„Edmund Kubis, am 2. Juli 1906.”

Festschrift zum 25 jährigen Stiftungsfeste des Katol. Gesellenvereins zu Katowice-Załęże am 27.-28.-29. April 1935 = Pamiętnik z okazji założenia polskiego Stowarzyszenia Katolickich Czeladników w dniu 1 maja 19351935 · p. 23 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„Nach dem Wegzug des Pfarrers Piechotta iibernimmt Erzpriester Kubis das Prasesamt zum zweitenmale und”

Festschrift zum 25 jährigen Stiftungsfeste des Katol. Gesellenvereins zu Katowice-Załęże am 27.-28.-29. April 1935 = Pamiętnik z okazji założenia polskiego Stowarzyszenia Katolickich Czeladników w dniu 1 maja 19351935 · p. 52 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„Gołębiowska Janina Kubis Marianna Kubis Kazimiera Rutska Halina Kubisz Zofia Kubisz Zofia P.C.K.”

Wykaz nr 4 z dnia 1 maja 1945 r1945 · p. 52 · 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
  • Scholarly work ks. Józef Buryan — Skąd pochodzi twoje imię i nazwisko i nazwa miejscowości rodzinnej? (Zwięzły zarys imiennictwa polskiego) · 1933 · s. 9 (skan ZBC oai:zbc.uz.zgora.pl:82526, str. PDF 11)
  • 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”).
  • This is a scholarly interpretation, not a measured value.
  • 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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