Polensky Surname

643,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belarus

Polensky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polensky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2721:1,332,57092,890
Germany1521:529,64144,407
Belarus211:452,43144,053
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
England31:18,572,686338,250
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Polenský (25) are calculated separately.

Polensky Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polensky (Russian: Поленский) is most common in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms: Polenský. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polensky? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 643,972nd most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. The surname Polensky is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Polensky are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 272 people, or 1 in 1,332,570. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Wisconsin, where 18 percent reside, North Dakota, where 12 percent reside and Texas, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 32 percent reside and Belarus, where 4 percent reside.

Polensky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Polensky has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Polensky last name increased 9,067 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Polensky Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Polensky surname are 1.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.17% being registered with the political party.

Polensky earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.75% more than the national average, earning $44,767 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Polensky Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polensky in the Russian language
Поленскийpolenskij-

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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 Polensky
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