Polančec Surname

814,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Polančec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polančec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia2901:14,5812,882
Slovenia491:50,7698,382
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Polancec (23) are calculated separately.

Polančec Last Name Facts

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

Polančec is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Polancec. For other potential spellings of Polančec click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polančec? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 814,680th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,308,614 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Polančec reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Croatia, where it is borne by 290 people, or 1 in 14,581. In Croatia Polančec is primarily found in: Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 29 percent are found, Varaždin County, where 19 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Croatia Polančec exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 14 percent are found and Serbia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polancec9623/
Poslančec942/
Poslončec82241/
Polancheck781/
Polancic7596/
Polančík7523/
Polonček755/
Polančič754/
Polančić752/
Polanczyk71257/
Polanchek7167/
Polanczik7124/
Polanchik7112/
Polianchik6712/
Polanchyck6711/
Polyanchik6710/
Polyanchek676/

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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 Polančec
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