Polenakis Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Polenakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polenakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece301:369,32650,921
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Polenakis Last Name Facts

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

Polenakis has its highest incidence in Greece. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polenakis? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,372,517th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Polenakis reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Polenakis is most frequently held in Greece, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 369,326. In Greece Polenakis is most prevalent in: Attica, where 50 percent are found, South Aegean, where 47 percent are found and Epirus, where 3 percent are found. Besides Greece Polenakis occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent are found and South Africa, where 22 percent are found.

Polenakis Last Name Statistics demography

Polenakis earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 11.18% more than the national average, earning R 264,216 per year.

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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 Polenakis
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