Polk Forename

520,883rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Polk Forename Definition:

A Usage name, meaning: Surname of president the United States of America.

Polk Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
2291:1,583,13128,625
Russia
62%
 
241:6,009,73827,399
India
65%
 
121:101,239,8311,357,349
Peru
100%
121:2,649,28824,443
Venezuela
100%
21:15,100,946147,145
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Poland
100%
11:38,027,1129,241

Polk (35,132) may also be a surname.

Polk Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Usage name, meaning: Surname of president the United States of America.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Polk Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polke8944/
Poolk893/
Polck892/
Pollk891/
Polkh891/
Poulk891/
Pholk891/
Palk75237/
Pulk75112/
Polg759/
Polq753/
Phulk67231/
Palkh6761/
Paulk6750/
Phalk6746/
Palke6721/
Pulke675/
Pulkt672/
Pulkh671/
Pholc671/
Polxh671/
Vpulk671/
Pulgk671/
Palkt671/
Pollx671/
Pollg671/
Poolg671/
Poulg671/
Patlk671/

Polk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polk in the Russian language
Полкpolk-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Polk