The Flis surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 713 people carried this name — #32,302 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is down 3% from 735 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
8,175 people named Flis have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,830 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 Lublin.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Flis.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Flis 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Flis live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Flis live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
35 people named Flis is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Flis,
with a public archive behind them.
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Janez Flis 1841–1919 · Catholic priest -
Andrzej Flis 1916–1981 -
Drago Flis 1921–2019 · military officer -
Drago Flis 1921–2019 · military officer
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Marcin Flis d. 1548 · tailor
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Stanisław Flis 1902–1976 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Flis.
- Flesch 1,487 · U.S. census
- Fletcher 83,063 · U.S. census
- Fleurant 609 · U.S. census
- Fleury 4,934 · U.S. census
- Flick 7,661 · U.S. census
- Flicker 700 · U.S. census
- Floch 176 · U.S. census
- Flock 2,179 · U.S. census
- Flohr 1,813 · U.S. census
- Flora 7,837 · U.S. census
- Florance 463 · U.S. census
- Florczak 399 · U.S. census
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