Surname RABE

People with the surname RABE in the PESEL register on 20 January 2026: 78 men and 80 women.

6 verified statements

male

78people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 271,763

Most registered in: WIELKOPOLSKIE (38.9%, 20 January 2026)

female

80people in the PESEL register · 20 January 2026

about 1 in 269,504

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

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

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

female

80 people were registered with the surname RABE (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 271,763

#35,780 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 271,763 people counted in the PESEL register (male) bore the surname RABE on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

RABE (male) ranked 35,780 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #35,452ŻELAWSKI79
  2. #35,452ŻMURKO79
  3. #35,780RABE this surname78
  4. #36,135ALBINGIER77
  5. #36,135ANTOWSKI77

female

about 1 in 269,504

#35,585 rank on the surname list

About 1 in 269,504 people counted in the PESEL register (female) bore the surname RABE on 20 January 2026.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

RABE (female) ranked 35,585 among the surnames in this dataset.

Neighbours on the list
  1. #35,272ZAWARTOWSKA81
  2. #35,272ZINKOWSKA81
  3. #35,585RABE this surname80
  4. #35,926BRZOZOWSKI79
  5. #35,926MAISURADZE79

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 54 people with the surname RABE (male) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 38.9% were registered in WIELKOPOLSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroKUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBELSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBUSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroŁÓDZKIE: 3.7% (2)MAŁOPOLSKIE: 5.6% (3)MAZOWIECKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroOPOLSKIE: 13.0% (7)PODKARPACKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPODLASKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPOMORSKIE: 11.1% (6)ŚLĄSKIE: 7.4% (4)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWIELKOPOLSKIE: 38.9% (21)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 20.4% (11)

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
WIELKOPOLSKIE38.9%21
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE20.4%11
OPOLSKIE13.0%7
POMORSKIE11.1%6
ŚLĄSKIE7.4%4
MAŁOPOLSKIE5.6%3
ŁÓDZKIE3.7%2

female

Among the 54 people with the surname RABE (female) who had a registered voivodeship on 20 January 2026, 22.2% were registered in WIELKOPOLSKIE.

VerifiedOfficial dataPoland · Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji · 20 January 2026

DOLNOŚLĄSKIE: 3.7% (2)KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroLUBELSKIE: 9.3% (5)LUBUSKIE: 3.7% (2)ŁÓDZKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroMAŁOPOLSKIE: 5.6% (3)MAZOWIECKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroOPOLSKIE: 13.0% (7)PODKARPACKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroPODLASKIE: 3.7% (2)POMORSKIE: 9.3% (5)ŚLĄSKIE: 7.4% (4)ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE: not listed in the dataset — not zeroWIELKOPOLSKIE: 22.2% (12)ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE: 22.2% (12)

Hover over or tap a voivodeship to see its figures.

Share of people with a registered voivodeship, lowest first:
  • 0%–5%
  • 5%–10%
  • 10%–15%
  • 15%–20%
  • 20%–25%
  • not listed in the dataset — not zero
Shares are of the people with a registered voivodeship, not of every bearer of the surname.
VoivodeshipShareCount
WIELKOPOLSKIE22.2%12
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE22.2%12
OPOLSKIE13.0%7
LUBELSKIE9.3%5
POMORSKIE9.3%5
ŚLĄSKIE7.4%4
MAŁOPOLSKIE5.6%3
DOLNOŚLĄSKIE3.7%2
LUBUSKIE3.7%2
PODLASKIE3.7%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 RABE (male) in the PESEL register changed from 72 on 30 June 2019 to 78 on 20 January 2026: +8.3%. 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 275,83072
22 January 20201 in 268,63674
1 February 20211 in 270,09774
27 January 20221 in 273,02174
30 January 20231 in 277,44175
19 January 20241 in 283,47074
22 January 20251 in 273,97677
20 January 20261 in 271,76378

* 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 RABE (female) in the PESEL register changed from 68 on 30 June 2019 to 80 on 20 January 2026: +17.6%. 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 297,78468
22 January 20201 in 301,79667
2 February 20211 in 289,47470
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 281,17776
19 January 20241 in 278,95377
22 January 20251 in 276,09678
20 January 20261 in 269,50480

* 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.

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 2 localities named RABE (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.

  • Rabevillagegmina Czarna, powiat bieszczadzki, PODKARPACKIE voivodeship
  • Rabevillagegmina Baligród, powiat leski, PODKARPACKIE 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
  • 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”).
  • 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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