The Pluta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,189 people carried this name — #21,862 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is down 12% from 1,357 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
13,171 people named Pluta have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 14,646 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 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 134 people named Pluta.
43 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
39 people named Pluta live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
29 people named Pluta is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Pluta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wilhelm Pluta 1910–1986 · Catholic priest -
Wilhelm Pluta 1913–1986 · civil engineer -
Antoni Pluta 1862–1935
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Georg Pluta 1888–1965 · politician
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Franciszek Pluta 1905–1990
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Jan Pluta 1908–1945
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pluta.
- Plier 213 · U.S. census
- Plonka 405 · U.S. census
- Plourde 4,208 · U.S. census
- Plume 481 · U.S. census
- Plumer 1,152 · U.S. census
- Plumey 190 · U.S. census
- Ply 325 · U.S. census
- Poch 857 · U.S. census
- Poche 2,367 · U.S. census
- Podesta 751 · U.S. census
- Podgorski 1,136 · U.S. census
- Podvin 290 · U.S. census
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