The Kolasa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 855 people carried this name — #28,023 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 823 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kolasa surname
From Polish Kolasa, from kolasa.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kolasa» (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
7,012 people named Kolasa have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,700 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 Lesser Poland.
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 54 people named Kolasa.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Paris.
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 33 people named Kolasa 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 Córdoba.
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 the Nordic population registers
26 people named Kolasa 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 Kolasa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Władysław Kolasa 1926–2012 · mechanical engineer -
Bolesław Kolasa 1920–2007 · ice hockey player
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Józef Kolasa 1922–2017
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Mieczysław Kolasa 1923–2024 · association football player
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Jan Kolasa 1926–2016 · jurist
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Stanisław Kolasa 1936–2023
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kolasa.
- Kohr 1,520 · U.S. census
- Kohut 2,002 · U.S. census
- Kok 1,622 · U.S. census
- Kokot 294 · U.S. census
- Kolakowski 1,370 · U.S. census
- Kolar 4,413 · U.S. census
- Kolb 11,705 · U.S. census
- Koll 1,282 · U.S. census
- Kollar 3,019 · U.S. census
- Kollen 175 · U.S. census
- Koller 6,792 · U.S. census
- Kolli 697 · U.S. census
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