Polchau Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Polchau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Polchau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polchau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polchau occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Polchau.
How Common Is The Last Name Polchau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Polchau is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Polchau occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Polchau live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Polchau is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 16,101,092. In Germany Polchau is mostly concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 40 percent are found, Hamburg, where 20 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 20 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 17 percent are found.
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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
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