The Palys surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 295 people carried this name — #63,297 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

2,524 people named Palys have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 2,705 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 Subcarpathian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Subcarpathian 858

Holy Cross 257

Lower Silesian 256

Silesian 239

Lublin 166

Lesser Poland 163

Masovian 111

Pomeranian 88

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 Palys.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Jura.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 9

Jura 15

Côte-d’Or 7

Saône-et-Loire 3

Nord 3

Doubs 3

Oise 2

Paris 2

Deux-Sèvres 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

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