The Polus surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 482 people carried this name — #42,363 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted.
In Poland’s population register
1,480 people named Polus have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,657 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 99 people named Polus live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Polus.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Polus.
- Pollina 666 · U.S. census
- Pollion 115 · U.S. census
- Polly 2,407 · U.S. census
- Polo 2,790 · U.S. census
- Poloni 147 · U.S. census
- Polsinelli 385 · U.S. census
- Poly 176 · U.S. census
- Polycarpe 215 · U.S. census
- Polynice 367 · U.S. census
- Poma 1,014 · U.S. census
- Pomar 391 · U.S. census
- Pomares 275 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Polus is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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