The Oles surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,552 people carried this name — #17,992 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,472 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
4,532 people named Oles have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,156 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 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 59 people named Oles.
26 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.
Who carried it
People named Oles,
with a public archive behind them.
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Oleksandr Oles 1878–1944 · writer -
Bernd Oles 1921–1988 · association football coach
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Markus Oles 1965–
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Marcin Oleś 1973– · composer
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Leslie Oles 1990– · ice hockey player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Oles.
- Okonski 626 · U.S. census
- Olazabal 539 · U.S. census
- Olczak 370 · U.S. census
- Olejniczak 1,251 · U.S. census
- Olejnik 618 · U.S. census
- Olek 234 · U.S. census
- Olier 193 · U.S. census
- Oliger 375 · U.S. census
- Olin 4,163 · U.S. census
- Olinger 5,732 · U.S. census
- Oliva 19,513 · U.S. census
- Olivan 580 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Oles is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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