The Sliwa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,068 people carried this name — #23,714 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is up 9% from 980 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sliwa surname
A male surname, equivalent to English Sliwa.
From śliwa (“plum tree”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Śliwa» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
12,934 people named Sliwa have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 14,205 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 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 145 people named Sliwa.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Sliwa 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
111 people named Sliwa 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 Sliwa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lech Sliwa 1937– · researcher
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Gewargis III 1941– · presbyter
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Gewargis III 1941– · presbyter
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Gewargis III 1941– · presbyter
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Gewargis III 1941– · presbyter
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Barbara Zambrzycka-Sliwa 1950– · sculptor
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sliwa.
- Skowronski 2,002 · U.S. census
- Skrzypczak 327 · U.S. census
- Skrzypek 520 · U.S. census
- Slama 1,632 · U.S. census
- Slezak 2,069 · U.S. census
- Slim 862 · U.S. census
- Sliwinski 1,223 · U.S. census
- Sloma 512 · U.S. census
- Slowik 1,477 · U.S. census
- Slowinski 913 · U.S. census
- Smail 9,097 · U.S. census
- Smaniotto 129 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Sliwa is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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