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 surname Polekar (Marathi: पोळेकर) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Polekar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 97,503rd most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,497,338 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Polekar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Polekar is also the 1,181,159th most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 68 people.
It is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 4,844 people, or 1 in 158,354. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent are found, Gujarat, where 7 percent are found and Goa, where 1 percent are found. Aside from India this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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