The Kubala surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,269 people carried this name — #20,806 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,282 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kubala surname
From Czech Kubala or Slovak Kubala.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kubala» (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
3,583 people named Kubala have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,006 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 52 people named Kubala.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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.
Who carried it
People named Kubala,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ludwik Kubala 1838–1918 · librarian -
Ludwik Kubala 1838–1918 · librarian
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Ludvík Kubala 1847–1905 · politician
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Adam Kubala 1885–
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Władysław Kubala 1891–1941
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Eduard Kubala 1892–1981 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kubala.
- Krzak 263 · U.S. census
- Krzeminski 941 · U.S. census
- Krzyzaniak 303 · U.S. census
- Krzyzanowski 691 · U.S. census
- Ksiazek 543 · U.S. census
- Kubacki 1,124 · U.S. census
- Kubiak 3,674 · U.S. census
- Kubica 598 · U.S. census
- Kubicki 1,029 · U.S. census
- Kubik 2,838 · U.S. census
- Kubler 426 · U.S. census
- Kuc 593 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kubala is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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