Polakis Surname

827,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 335 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Polakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2651:41,8116,743
United States581:6,249,292299,206
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
England21:27,859,030389,889
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Polakis (17) may also be a first name.

Polakis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Polakis Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Polakis is found most in Greece. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Polakis? popularity and diffusion

Polakis is the 827,165th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 21,753,868 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Polakis reside; 79 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 79 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.

The last name is most widely held in Greece, where it is held by 265 people, or 1 in 41,811. In Greece Polakis is mostly concentrated in: Crete, where 65 percent reside, Attica, where 29 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 6 percent reside. Besides Greece this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Polakis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Polakis surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.64% registered with the political party.

The amount Polakis earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 12.05% less than the national average, earning $37,950 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.01% more than the national average, earning $55,154 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Polakis
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