The Kies surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,540 people carried this name — #17,001 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted.
In Poland’s population register
600 people named Kies have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 694 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Kies.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kies.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kies is.
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