Polekar Surname
Approximately 4,867 people bear this surname
Polekar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,844 | 1:158,354 | 9,898 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Polekar (68) may also be a first name.
Polekar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polekar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Polekar (Marathi: पोळेकर) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polekar? popularity and diffusion
Polekar is the 97,503rd most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,497,338 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Polekar are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,181,159th most common forename on earth, borne by 68 people.
The last name Polekar is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 4,844 people, or 1 in 158,354. In India Polekar is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent live, Gujarat, where 7 percent live and Goa, where 1 percent live. Apart from India Polekar exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Polekar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polekar in the Marathi language | ||
| पोळेकर | polekara | 76.13 |
| पोलेकर | polekara | 21.66 |
| पालेकर | palekara | 0.19 |
| पोऴेकर | polekara | 0.16 |
| पुळेकर | pulekara | 0.09 |
| पोलकेर | polakera | 0.06 |
| पेाळेकर | pealekara | 0.06 |
| पोलकर | polakara | 0.06 |
| पोळॆकर | polekara | 0.03 |
| कोलेकर | kolekara | 0.03 |
| पोलंकर | polankara | 0.03 |
| पौलेकर | paulekara | 0.03 |
| पोलेॅकर | poleekara | 0.03 |
| पोडेकर | podekara | 0.03 |
| पोवेकर | povekara | 0.03 |
| पोलेक | poleka | 0.03 |
| पोलेकार | polekara | 0.03 |
| पॉळेकर | polekara | 0.03 |
| चोळेकर | colekara | 0.03 |
| कोळेकर | kolekara | 0.03 |
| मोळेकर | molekara | 0.03 |
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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 Polekar
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