The Bialas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 877 people carried this name — #27,481 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 839 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bialas surname
From Polish Białas or Białaś.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bialas» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
9,018 people named Bialas have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 10,067 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 110 people named Bialas live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Bialas.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Bialas live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Bialas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Valentine Bialas 1903–1965 · speed skater -
Günter Bialas 1907–1995 · composer
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Hans Bialas 1911–1964 · prison officer
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Rolf Bialas 1929–2010 · physician
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Franz Bialas 1929– · association football player
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Franz Bialas 1929– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bialas.
- Biaggi 266 · U.S. census
- Biagi 859 · U.S. census
- Biagini 725 · U.S. census
- Biagioli 144 · U.S. census
- Biagioni 320 · U.S. census
- Bial 102 · U.S. census
- Bialek 1,120 · U.S. census
- Bian 709 · U.S. census
- Bianchetti 114 · U.S. census
- Bianchi 8,284 · U.S. census
- Bianchini 1,476 · U.S. census
- Bianco 15,278 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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