Polakoff Surname

452,985th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 749 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Polakoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polakoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6541:554,21945,765
Argentina351:1,221,24071,984
Canada351:1,052,73178,176
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
France21:33,211,361423,184
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Polakoff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polakoff (Russian: Полакофф) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Polakoff click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polakoff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 452,985th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,729,701 people. Polakoff occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Polakoff reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 654 people, or 1 in 554,219. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 28 percent are found, New York, where 14 percent are found and California, where 14 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Polakoff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Polakoff last name are 42.6% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.83% registered with the political party.

The amount Polakoff earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 46.43% more than the national average, earning $63,184 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.41% less than the national average, earning $46,002 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Polakoff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polakoff in the Russian language
Полакоффpolakoff-

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Polakoff Reference & Research

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Polakoff
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