Rys surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Rys surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 852 people carried this name — #28,100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is down 8% from 928 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

6,552 people named Rys have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 7,299 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 2,024
Silesian 1,159
Subcarpathian 666
Lower Silesian 529
Łódź 388
Masovian 270
Greater Poland 213
West Pomeranian 198

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 204 people named Rys 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 West Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 125
Hainaut 44
East Flanders 21
Flemish Brabant 9
Antwerp 5

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 179 people named Rys.

22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 22
Nord 92
Pas-de-Calais 23
Paris 10
Seine-et-Marne 7
Somme 4
Loire 4
Aisne 3
Meuse 3

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 46 people named Rys 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 Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 18
Córdoba 18
Misiones 10

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

In the Nordic population registers

24 people named Rys is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 24

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 Rys,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Josef Rys 1868– · civil servant
  • Břeněk Rys 1873–1933 · physician
  • Josef Rys 1880–1945 · geologist
  • František Rys 1890–1942 · tailor
  • František Rys 1890–1942 · tailor
  • Václav Rys 1895–1918

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

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