Polatzek Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Polatzek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Polatzek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polatzek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polatzek occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polatzek? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,323,005th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Polatzek live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 2,596,950. In Germany Polatzek is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 29 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent reside and Bavaria, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 6 percent reside and Norway, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Polatzek
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