Polchen Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Polchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Pölchen (20) are calculated separately.
Polchen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polchen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polchen (Russian: Польчен) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Pölchen. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polchen? popularity and diffusion
Polchen is the 4,772,636th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Polchen live; 76 percent live in Eastern Europe and 76 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 3,501,746. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Kiev, where 54 percent are found and Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 46 percent are found. Aside from Ukraine it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Spain, where 6 percent are found.
Polchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Polchen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Polchen last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Polchen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polchen in the Russian language | ||
| Польчен | polcen | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Polchen
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