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The Polit surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 384 people carried this name — #53,802 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 368 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

2,152 people named Polit have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 2,339 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 Holy Cross.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Holy Cross 605
Łódź 530
Masovian 220
Silesian 142
Lower Silesian 139
Subcarpathian 124
Lesser Poland 84
Pomeranian 82

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 80 people named Polit.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Pyrénées-Orientales 43
Savoie 6
Gironde 6
Moselle 5
Paris 5
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 3
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Pas-de-Calais 1

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 31 people named Polit live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 20
Buenos Aires Province 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Polit,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Grace Polit 1901– · painter
  • Emil Polit 1940–2024 · painter
  • Cornelia Polit 1963– · swimmer
  • Cornelia Polit 1963– · swimmer
  • Paweł Polit 1965– · exhibition curator
  • Jakub Polit 1968– · historian

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

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