Polenta Surname

216,082nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,900 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
San Marino

Polenta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polenta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1,1431:53,5059,631
Argentina5811:73,5696,261
Greece791:140,25123,222
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Uruguay171:201,86816,060
San Marino111:3,019410
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
England61:9,286,343223,652
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
France31:22,140,907385,998
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Polenta (23) may also be a first name.

Polenta Last Name Facts

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

Polenta (Arabic: بولنتا) is found most in Italy. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polenta? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 216,082nd most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,835,550 people. Polenta occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Polenta are found; 61 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 61 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 23 people.

The surname Polenta is most frequently used in Italy, where it is borne by 1,143 people, or 1 in 53,505. In Italy Polenta is primarily concentrated in: Marche, where 84 percent reside, Lazio, where 8 percent reside and Tuscany, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Italy Polenta exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 31 percent reside and Greece, where 4 percent reside.

Polenta Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Polenta are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Polenta earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Italy they earn 32.61% less than the national average, earning €20,237 per year and in United States they earn 22.88% less than the national average, earning $33,275 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Polenta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polenta in the Arabic language
بولنتاbwlnta-

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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 Polenta
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