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 last name Polensky (Russian: Поленский) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Polenský. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polensky? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 643,972nd most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Polensky reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Polensky is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 272 people, or 1 in 1,332,570. In The United States Polensky is most prevalent in: Wisconsin, where 18 percent live, North Dakota, where 12 percent live and Texas, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States Polensky exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 32 percent live and Belarus, where 4 percent live.

Polensky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Polensky has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 9,067 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 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 national 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
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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 Polensky
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