Surname LISOWSKI

People with the surname LISOWSKI in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 7,588 men and 73 women.

6 verified statements

male

7,588people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 2,794

Most registered in: ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE (11.3%, 20 January 2026)

female

73people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 295,347

Most registered in: OPOLSKIE (19.5%, 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

7,588 people were registered with the surname LISOWSKI (male) in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

73 people were registered with the surname LISOWSKI (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 2,794

#206 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 2,794 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname LISOWSKI on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

LISOWSKI (male) ranked 206 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #204MARCINKOWSKI7,623
  2. #205SKOWROŃSKI7,612
  3. #206LISOWSKI this surname7,588
  4. #207CHRZANOWSKI7,581
  5. #208ŚWIDERSKI7,571

female

about 1 in 295,347

#38,053 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 295,347 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname LISOWSKI on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

LISOWSKI (female) ranked 38,053 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #37,683ZHYLINA74
  2. #37,683ZYSNARSKA74
  3. #38,053LISOWSKI this surname73
  4. #38,463BUJNY72
  5. #38,463YUSHKEVICH72

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

The other grammatical form

LISOWSKA (female): 7,774 people, rank 204 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 6,718 people with the surname LISOWSKI (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 11.3% were registered in ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 10.8% (724)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 2.9% (193)LUBELSKIE: 4.4% (294)LUBUSKIE: 3.6% (239)ŁÓDZKIE: 5.2% (347)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 10.2% (682)MAZOWIECKIE: 9.8% (657)OPOLSKIE: 3.2% (216)PODKARPACKIE: 6.0% (406)PODLASKIE: 3.8% (258)POMORSKIE: 3.5% (238)ŚLĄSKIE: 7.7% (519)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 11.3% (758)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 4.7% (318)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 5.6% (373)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 7.4% (496)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–3%
  • 3%–6%
  • 6%–9%
  • 9%–12%
  • 12%–15%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE11.3%758
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE10.8%724
MAŁOPOLSKIE10.2%682
MAZOWIECKIE9.8%657
ŚLĄSKIE7.7%519
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE7.4%496
PODKARPACKIE6.0%406
WIELKOPOLSKIE5.6%373
ŁÓDZKIE5.2%347
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE4.7%318
LUBELSKIE4.4%294
PODLASKIE3.8%258
LUBUSKIE3.6%239
POMORSKIE3.5%238
OPOLSKIE3.2%216
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE2.9%193

female

Among the 41 people with the surname LISOWSKI (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 19.5% were registered in OPOLSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 17.1% (7)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBELSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBUSKIE: 4.9% (2)ŁÓDZKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAŁOPOLSKIE: 12.2% (5)MAZOWIECKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroOPOLSKIE: 19.5% (8)PODKARPACKIE: 17.1% (7)PODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŚLĄSKIE: 9.8% (4)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 4.9% (2)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: 7.3% (3)WIELKOPOLSKIE: 7.3% (3)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zero

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
OPOLSKIE19.5%8
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE17.1%7
PODKARPACKIE17.1%7
MAŁOPOLSKIE12.2%5
ŚLĄSKIE9.8%4
WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE7.3%3
WIELKOPOLSKIE7.3%3
LUBUSKIE4.9%2
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE4.9%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 LISOWSKI (male) in the PESEL register changed from 7,818 on 30 June 2019 to 7,588 on 20 January 2026: −2.9%. 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 2,5407,818
22 January 20201 in 2,5527,791
1 February 20211 in 2,5777,757
27 January 20221 in 2,6227,706
30 January 20231 in 2,7117,675
19 January 20241 in 2,7427,651
22 January 20251 in 2,7777,597
20 January 20261 in 2,7947,588

* 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 LISOWSKI (female) in the PESEL register changed from 53 on 30 June 2019 to 73 on 20 January 2026: +37.7%. 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 382,06353
22 January 20201 in 367,64355
2 February 20211 in 355,49557
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 318,94767
19 January 20241 in 315,87368
22 January 20251 in 299,10472
20 January 20261 in 295,34773

* 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 LISOWSKI appears on 27,908 pages of works not under copyright and in 775 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. 1800–18491,270
  3. 1850–18995,290
  4. 1900–19183,777
  5. 1919–193910,582
  6. 1940 on6,917

Catalogue records by kind

  • Books114
  • Photographs50
  • Periodicals48
  • Articles20
  • Ephemera20
  • Sheet music8

Most common places of publication

  • Warszawa13,185
  • Kraków3,572
  • Lwów3,452
  • Poznań1,852
  • Wilno1,016
  • Chicago, IL598

Example pages in the public domain

„Smażyć Łukasz, Dąbrowski Mikołaj, Ciężki Kacper, Lisowski Paweł, Przytycki Jan, Lemka Marcin, Begel Łukasz”

Lublin w księgach wójtowsko-ławniczych XVII-XVIII w1928 · p. 57 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„Lisowski Franc. 1865. Lisowski Ludwik 1870. Masowski Grzegórz 1875. Lisowski Kazim. 1880.”

Książka pamiątkowa ku uczczeniu jubileuszu trzechsetnej rocznicy założenia Gimnazyum św. Anny w Krakowie1888 · p. 456 · Polona, Biblioteka NarodowaOpen the page in Polona

„LISOWSKI v. LISSOWSKI h.”

Polska encyklopedja szlachecka. T. 7, [Wykazy polskich rodzin szlacheckich]. T. 41937 · p. 363 · 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 40 people with the surname LISOWSKI 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. Aleksander Józef Lisowski1580–1616Polish nobleWikipediaWikidata
  2. Tomasz Lisowskib. 1985Polish footballerWikipediaWikidata
  3. Jerzy Lisowski1928–2004Polish translator and literary critic (1928-2004)WikipediaWikidata

The other people (37) 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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