The Polese surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 199 people carried this name — #86,992 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 136 people named Polese.
60 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Rhône.
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
46 people named Polese live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 Polese.
- Pol 1,016 · U.S. census
- Polack 619 · U.S. census
- Polak 3,002 · U.S. census
- Polard 118 · U.S. census
- Polat 108 · U.S. census
- Poles 447 · U.S. census
- Polette 146 · U.S. census
- Poletti 583 · U.S. census
- Poletto 180 · U.S. census
- Poli 1,576 · U.S. census
- Policard 114 · U.S. census
- Police 423 · U.S. census
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