Polekar Surname

97,503rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,867 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Polekar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polekar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4,8441:158,3549,898
Qatar91:262,00030,726
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polekar in the Marathi language
पोळेकरpolekara76.13
पोलेकरpolekara21.66
पालेकरpalekara0.19
पोऴेकरpolekara0.16
पुळेकरpulekara0.09
पोलकेरpolakera0.06
पेाळेकरpealekara0.06
पोलकरpolakara0.06
पोळॆकरpolekara0.03
कोलेकरkolekara0.03
पोलंकरpolankara0.03
पौलेकरpaulekara0.03
पोलेॅकरpoleekara0.03
पोडेकरpodekara0.03
पोवेकरpovekara0.03
पोलेकpoleka0.03
पोलेकारpolekara0.03
पॉळेकरpolekara0.03
चोळेकरcolekara0.03
कोळेकरkolekara0.03
मोळेकरmolekara0.03

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Polekar
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