The Paluch surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,367 people carried this name — #18,594 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
13,346 people named Paluch have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 14,568 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 161 people named Paluch.
65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Paluch live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paluch.
- Palomera 1,115 · U.S. census
- Palomino 6,963 · U.S. census
- Palomo 5,705 · U.S. census
- Palos 2,402 · U.S. census
- Paltz 123 · U.S. census
- Palu 353 · U.S. census
- Palumbo 11,122 · U.S. census
- Palus 268 · U.S. census
- Paly 112 · U.S. census
- Palys 295 · U.S. census
- Pam 817 · U.S. census
- Pamphile 413 · U.S. census
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