Polanus Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Polanus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polanus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Polanus Last Name Facts

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

Polanus occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Polanus click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polanus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Polanus occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Polanus are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 1,688,718. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Holland, where 100 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent live.

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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 Polanus
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