Polenik Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Polenik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polenik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia941:26,4655,565
United States571:6,358,929302,882
Poland451:844,63965,213
Croatia261:162,63921,299
Austria231:370,23639,193
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

The alternate forms: Poleník (12) & Pölenik (1) are calculated separately.

Polenik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Polenik (Russian: Поленик) occurs most in Slovenia. It may also appear as: Poleník or Pölenik. Click here to see other possible spellings of Polenik.

How Common Is The Last Name Polenik? popularity and diffusion

The last name Polenik is the 1,001,271st most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. Polenik is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Polenik are found; 47 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 47 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Slovenia, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 26,465. In Slovenia it is primarily found in: Carinthia, where 55 percent are found, Savinja, where 43 percent are found and Central Slovenia, where 1 percent are found. Not including Slovenia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Poland, where 18 percent are found.

Polenik Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Polenik are 11.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.29% registered to vote for the party.

Polenik earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.8% less than the national average, earning $26,409 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Polenik Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polenik in the Russian language
Поленикpolenik-

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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 Polenik
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