Polaniak Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Polaniak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 83 | 1:457,937 | 46,478 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Polaniak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polaniak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Polaniak is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polaniak? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,882,912th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Polaniak live; 86 percent live in Eastern Europe and 86 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Poland, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 457,937. Not including Poland it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 9 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polahniak | 94 | 10 | / |
| Poloniak | 88 | 54 | / |
| Palaniak | 88 | 28 | / |
| Polaniok | 88 | 28 | / |
| Poleniak | 88 | 7 | / |
| Pulaniak | 88 | 1 | / |
| Polonyak | 75 | 1 | / |
| Paleniak | 75 | 1 | / |
| Palaniac | 75 | 1 | / |
| Polotnyak | 71 | 15 | / |
| Polyangnok | 67 | 32 | / |
| Polenyák | 63 | 22 | / |
| Pholyangnok | 63 | 8 | / |
| Polyangnog | 56 | 1 | / |
| Palañac | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Polaniak
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