Surname LIPA

People with the surname LIPA in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 1,376 men and 1,372 women. Most registered in: ŚLĄSKIE.

6 verified statements · 1 possible finding

male

1,376people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 15,405

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

female

1,372people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 15,715

Most registered in: ŚLĄSKIE (18.4%, 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

1,376 people were registered with the surname LIPA (male) in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

1,372 people were registered with the surname LIPA (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 15,405

#2,104 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 15,405 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname LIPA on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

LIPA (male) ranked 2,104 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #2,099KOCOŃ1,378
  2. #2,103NIEWĘGŁOWSKI1,377
  3. #2,104LIPA this surname1,376
  4. #2,106RAFALSKI1,375
  5. #2,106REGULSKI1,375

female

about 1 in 15,715

#2,153 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 15,715 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname LIPA on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

LIPA (female) ranked 2,153 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #2,151BRZEZICKA1,375
  2. #2,151WOŁOWIEC1,375
  3. #2,153LIPA this surname1,372
  4. #2,154AUGUSTYNOWICZ1,370
  5. #2,154ZAŁUSKA1,370

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 1,200 people with the surname LIPA (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 17.0% were registered in ŚLĄSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 9.1% (109)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 0.8% (9)LUBELSKIE: 11.3% (136)LUBUSKIE: 1.3% (15)ŁÓDZKIE: 3.2% (38)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 8.8% (105)MAZOWIECKIE: 4.8% (58)OPOLSKIE: 3.6% (43)PODKARPACKIE: 16.6% (199)PODLASKIE: 0.3% (4)POMORSKIE: 3.4% (41)ŚLĄSKIE: 17.0% (204)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 14.4% (173)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 1.0% (12)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 2.0% (24)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 2.5% (30)

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
ŚLĄSKIE17.0%204
PODKARPACKIE16.6%199
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE14.4%173
LUBELSKIE11.3%136
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE9.1%109
MAŁOPOLSKIE8.8%105
MAZOWIECKIE4.8%58
OPOLSKIE3.6%43
POMORSKIE3.4%41
ŁÓDZKIE3.2%38
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE2.5%30
WIELKOPOLSKIE2.0%24
LUBUSKIE1.3%15
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE1.0%12
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE0.8%9
PODLASKIE0.3%4

female

Among the 1,236 people with the surname LIPA (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 18.4% were registered in ŚLĄSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 10.0% (124)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 0.9% (11)LUBELSKIE: 12.6% (156)LUBUSKIE: 1.5% (19)ŁÓDZKIE: 3.3% (41)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 7.8% (97)MAZOWIECKIE: 5.3% (66)OPOLSKIE: 4.1% (51)PODKARPACKIE: 13.4% (166)PODLASKIE: 0.2% (2)POMORSKIE: 3.2% (39)ŚLĄSKIE: 18.4% (228)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 13.7% (169)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 0.8% (10)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 2.0% (25)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 2.6% (32)

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
ŚLĄSKIE18.4%228
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE13.7%169
PODKARPACKIE13.4%166
LUBELSKIE12.6%156
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE10.0%124
MAŁOPOLSKIE7.8%97
MAZOWIECKIE5.3%66
OPOLSKIE4.1%51
ŁÓDZKIE3.3%41
POMORSKIE3.2%39
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE2.6%32
WIELKOPOLSKIE2.0%25
LUBUSKIE1.5%19
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE0.9%11
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE0.8%10
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 LIPA (male) in the PESEL register changed from 1,415 on 30 June 2019 to 1,376 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 14,0351,415
22 January 20201 in 14,1091,409
1 February 20211 in 14,2561,402
27 January 20221 in 14,5241,391
30 January 20231 in 15,0561,382
19 January 20241 in 15,2671,374
22 January 20251 in 15,3431,375
20 January 20261 in 15,4051,376

* 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 LIPA (female) in the PESEL register changed from 1,431 on 30 June 2019 to 1,372 on 20 January 2026: −4.1%. 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 14,1501,431
22 January 20201 in 14,1801,426
2 February 20211 in 14,4021,407
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 15,2861,398
19 January 20241 in 15,4311,392
22 January 20251 in 15,5601,384
20 January 20261 in 15,7151,372

* 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.

Są i inne nazwiska rodowe pochodzenia miejscowego (topograficznego) jak: […] Lipa

PossibleScholarly workPoland · ks. Józef Buryan · 1933

Type
from a place name

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 LIPA appears on 45,638 pages of works not under copyright and in 194 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 1800234
  2. 1800–18494,073
  3. 1850–189915,574
  4. 1900–19187,051
  5. 1919–193913,464
  6. 1940 on5,183

Catalogue records by kind

  • Books39
  • Periodicals14
  • Postcards12
  • Articles9
  • Ephemera9
  • E-books9

Most common places of publication

  • Warszawa19,373
  • Lwów4,616
  • Kraków4,091
  • Poznań2,952
  • Wilno1,863
  • Varšava825

Example pages in the public domain

„LIPA. Gdzie ojciec? PELAGIA. Śpi. LIPA. Och! nie mogę już wytrzymać!”

Sawa : dramat w 4 aktach1907 · p. 11 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„LIPA. Ach, Sawa, żebyś ty wiedział, jakie tu u nas przeklęte życie!”

Sawa : dramat w 4 aktach1907 · p. 21 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„LIPA (krzyczy): Nie waż się tak mówić! SAWA. Oho! w tkliwe miejsce trafiłem panienkę. LIPA.”

Sawa : dramat w 4 aktach1907 · p. 31 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

Which localities have this name?

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Which localities have this name?

The TERYT register, Poland's official list of localities, holds localities named the same as this surname. We show them with their gmina, powiat and voivodeship.

The TERYT register lists 15 localities named LIPA (as of 1 January 2026).

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · GUS · 1 January 2026

A shared name in the register. It does not say where the surname began, or that the surname and these places are connected.

  • Lipavillagegmina Bolków, powiat jaworski, DOLNOŚLĄSKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Ziębice, powiat ząbkowicki, DOLNOŚLĄSKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Stryków, powiat zgierski, ŁÓDZKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Regimin, powiat ciechanowski, MAZOWIECKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Gostynin, powiat gostyniński, MAZOWIECKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Głowaczów, powiat kozienicki, MAZOWIECKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Raciąż, powiat płoński, MAZOWIECKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Jednorożec, powiat przasnyski, MAZOWIECKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Pułtusk, powiat pułtuski, MAZOWIECKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Bircza, powiat przemyski, PODKARPACKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Zaklików, powiat stalowowolski, PODKARPACKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Sobków, powiat jędrzejowski, ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Ruda Maleniecka, powiat konecki, ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Szamocin, powiat chodzieski, WIELKOPOLSKIE voivodeship
  • Lipavillagegmina Ryczywół, powiat obornicki, WIELKOPOLSKIE voivodeship

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. 18 (skan ZBC oai:zbc.uz.zgora.pl:82526, str. PDF 20)
  • Digital library Biblioteka Narodowa — Polona · Polona, Biblioteka Narodowa · polona.pl
  • Official data GUS — TERYT · 1 January 2026 · api.stat.gov.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.
  • A shared name in the register. It does not say where the surname began, or that the surname and these places are connected.
  • Whole localities only, as SIMC lists them, without parts of a locality, under the register's official name.

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