Polck Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Polck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Polck Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polck is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polck? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,602,217th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Polck reside; 87 percent reside in South America and 87 percent reside in Luso-South America.

Polck is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 8,233,628. In Brazil Polck is mostly found in: Minas Gerais, where 73 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 23 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 4 percent reside. Not including Brazil this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Polck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Polck has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Polck surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pollck9111/
Poolck911/
Polk8935,132/
Polc89620/
Pollcck831/
Poulcke830/
Polke802,475/
Polkh8086/
Poulk8055/
Polks8018/
Pfolk807/
Pollk804/
Palck802/
Polkk801/
Pholk800/
Poolk800/
Polcková7718/
Polckova771/
Pohlke73154/
Pahlck7353/
Poilek7311/
Poglik739/
Poolke734/
Paulck733/
Poulke732/
Palcke732/
Pholke731/
Poslke730/
Pholks730/
Pfolke730/
Palk671,517/
Polkova67725/
Photlek67291/
Polková67264/
Polcová67211/
Polg6743/
Polcova6718/
Palc674/
Poselke671/
Phholke671/

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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 Polck
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