Polenka Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Polenka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polenka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia191:559,65656,138
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Polenka (142) may also be a first name.

Polenka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polenka (Russian: Поленька) is more commonly found in Czechia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polenka? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. Polenka is primarily found in Europe, where 69 percent of Polenka live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 45 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 775,413th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 142 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Czechia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 559,656. In Czechia Polenka is most numerous in: Prague, where 47 percent are found, South Moravian Region, where 42 percent are found and South Bohemian Region, where 11 percent are found. Besides Czechia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 45 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Polenka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polenka in the Russian language
Поленькаpolenka-

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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 Polenka
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