Polakow Surname

830,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Poland

Polakow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polakow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1501:2,416,393148,665
Poland1021:372,63540,973
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Polaków (86) are calculated separately.

Polakow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Polakow occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Polaków. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polakow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Polakow is the 830,559th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 21,884,522 people. The surname Polakow occurs mostly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Polakow live; 41 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 2,416,393. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 17 percent live, Florida, where 13 percent live and Montana, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 31 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.

Polakow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Polakow last name are 14.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.76% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Polakow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 20.84% more than the national average, earning R 287,160 per year; in United States they earn 9.42% more than the national average, earning $47,215 USD per year and in Canada they earn 120.37% more than the national average, earning $109,484 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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  • 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 Polakow
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