Polanía Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Polanía Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 18 | 1:2,654,115 | 13,778 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Polania (12,124) are calculated separately.
Polanía Demographics
Average Male Polanía Height
170.45 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Polanía Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polanía Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polanía is carried by more people in Colombia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Polania. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polanía? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Polanía reside; 82 percent reside in South America and 71 percent reside in Caribbean South America.
It is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 2,654,115. In Colombia Polanía is most frequent in: Capital District, where 83 percent live, Boyacá Department, where 6 percent live and Huila Department, where 6 percent live. Outside of Colombia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polania | 95 | 12,124 | / |
| Polanha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Polonía | 86 | 1 | / |
| Polanya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Polanias | 80 | 114 | / |
| Polanjay | 80 | 14 | / |
| Polyania | 80 | 3 | / |
| Poleania | 80 | 1 | / |
| Polaña | 77 | 1 | / |
| Palania | 71 | 205 | / |
| Palanya | 71 | 14 | / |
| Palanja | 71 | 11 | / |
| Polanio | 71 | 8 | / |
| Polagne | 71 | 7 | / |
| Polange | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pelania | 71 | 4 | / |
| Polaneo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pulania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Polanie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Palanea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Polanji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Palanjay | 67 | 227 | / |
| Poulange | 67 | 50 | / |
| Palangia | 67 | 35 | / |
| Palainea | 67 | 30 | / |
| Palagnas | 67 | 30 | / |
| Palangna | 67 | 24 | / |
| Phulanya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Polaneos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paulania | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palaniap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poulagne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pulanjad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Polanjou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palanhay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Polanhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pallanea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palhania | 67 | 1 | / |
| Polangio | 67 | 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
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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 Polanía
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