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The Plewa surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 709 people carried this name — #32,438 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 15% from 618 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Plewa surname

From Polish plewa.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Plewa» (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

4,651 people named Plewa have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 5,179 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 map

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 1,250
Greater Poland 1,110
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 371
Silesian 293
Lower Silesian 247
Holy Cross 234
Masovian 229
Łódź 155

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 78 people named Plewa.

32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Tarn-et-Garonne.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 32
Tarn-et-Garonne 10
Nord 9
Pas-de-Calais 8
Meuse 5
Loire-Atlantique 4
Doubs 3
Lot-et-Garonne 2
Ille-et-Vilaine 2

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

Who carried it

People named Plewa,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Zbigniew Plewa
    Zbigniew Plewa 1924–1947 · military officer
  • Jerzy Plewa
    Jerzy Plewa 1954– · civil servant
  • Franz Plewa 1903–1971 · physician
  • Franz Plewa 1903–1971 · physician
  • Wilhelm Plewa 1914– · military officer
  • Stanisław Plewa 1925–2006 · scientist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Plewa.

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