Surname PLACHA

People with the surname PLACHA in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 238 men and 232 women. Most registered in: LUBELSKIE.

6 verified statements

male

238people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 89,065

Most registered in: LUBELSKIE (34.7%, 20 January 2026)

female

232people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 92,932

Most registered in: LUBELSKIE (32.2%, 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

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

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

232 people were registered with the surname PLACHA (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 89,065

#13,668 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 89,065 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname PLACHA on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

PLACHA (male) ranked 13,668 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #13,623WRONIECKI239
  2. #13,623WYPART239
  3. #13,668PLACHA this surname238
  4. #13,729ANGIELCZYK237
  5. #13,729ANTOSZCZYK237

female

about 1 in 92,932

#14,250 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 92,932 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname PLACHA on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

PLACHA (female) ranked 14,250 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #14,185WIĘZOWSKA233
  2. #14,185ZDZIECHOWSKA233
  3. #14,250PLACHA this surname232
  4. #14,311GUPTA231
  5. #14,311LESKIV231

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 222 people with the surname PLACHA (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 34.7% were registered in LUBELSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 3.6% (8)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 2.3% (5)LUBELSKIE: 34.7% (77)LUBUSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŁÓDZKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAŁOPOLSKIE: 5.0% (11)MAZOWIECKIE: 6.3% (14)OPOLSKIE: 0.9% (2)PODKARPACKIE: 3.2% (7)PODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: 3.6% (8)ŚLĄSKIE: 7.7% (17)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 17.6% (39)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWIELKOPOLSKIE: 6.8% (15)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 8.6% (19)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–10%
  • 10%–20%
  • 20%–30%
  • 30%–40%
  • 40%–50%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
LUBELSKIE34.7%77
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE17.6%39
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE8.6%19
ŚLĄSKIE7.7%17
WIELKOPOLSKIE6.8%15
MAZOWIECKIE6.3%14
MAŁOPOLSKIE5.0%11
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE3.6%8
POMORSKIE3.6%8
PODKARPACKIE3.2%7
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE2.3%5
OPOLSKIE0.9%2

female

Among the 211 people with the surname PLACHA (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 32.2% were registered in LUBELSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 3.3% (7)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: 2.8% (6)LUBELSKIE: 32.2% (68)LUBUSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŁÓDZKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAŁOPOLSKIE: 6.6% (14)MAZOWIECKIE: 3.3% (7)OPOLSKIE: 2.4% (5)PODKARPACKIE: 3.3% (7)PODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: 7.1% (15)ŚLĄSKIE: 8.1% (17)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: 17.5% (37)WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWIELKOPOLSKIE: 7.1% (15)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 6.2% (13)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–10%
  • 10%–20%
  • 20%–30%
  • 30%–40%
  • 40%–50%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
LUBELSKIE32.2%68
ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE17.5%37
ŚLĄSKIE8.1%17
POMORSKIE7.1%15
WIELKOPOLSKIE7.1%15
MAŁOPOLSKIE6.6%14
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE6.2%13
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE3.3%7
MAZOWIECKIE3.3%7
PODKARPACKIE3.3%7
KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE2.8%6
OPOLSKIE2.4%5

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 PLACHA (male) in the PESEL register changed from 251 on 30 June 2019 to 238 on 20 January 2026: −5.2%. 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 79,123251
22 January 20201 in 79,516250
1 February 20211 in 79,949250
27 January 20221 in 82,463245
30 January 20231 in 84,931245
19 January 20241 in 86,324243
22 January 20251 in 87,901240
20 January 20261 in 89,065238

* 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 PLACHA (female) in the PESEL register changed from 238 on 30 June 2019 to 232 on 20 January 2026: −2.5%. 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 85,081238
22 January 20201 in 85,318237
2 February 20211 in 85,499237
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 91,323234
19 January 20241 in 92,984231
22 January 20251 in 93,227231
20 January 20261 in 92,932232

* 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?

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
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”).

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