Polenta Surname
Approximately 1,900 people bear this surname
Polenta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1,143 | 1:53,505 | 9,631 |
| Argentina | 581 | 1:73,569 | 6,261 |
| Greece | 79 | 1:140,251 | 23,222 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Uruguay | 17 | 1:201,868 | 16,060 |
| San Marino | 11 | 1:3,019 | 410 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Polenta (23) may also be a first name.
Polenta Demographics
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Polenta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polenta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Polenta (Arabic: بولنتا) is found most frequently in Italy. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Polenta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 216,082nd most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,835,550 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 numerous given name world-wide, held by 23 people.
The surname Polenta is most prevalent in Italy, where it is held by 1,143 people, or 1 in 53,505. In Italy Polenta is most frequent in: Marche, where 84 percent reside, Lazio, where 8 percent reside and Tuscany, where 3 percent reside. Beside Italy Polenta is found 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 those bearing the Polenta surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polentas | 93 | 133 | / |
| Pulenta | 86 | 262 | / |
| Palenta | 86 | 234 | / |
| Polenti | 86 | 37 | / |
| Polento | 86 | 21 | / |
| Pelenta | 86 | 9 | / |
| Polente | 86 | 6 | / |
| Polinta | 86 | 3 | / |
| Pollente | 80 | 397 | / |
| Polentes | 80 | 79 | / |
| Pelentay | 80 | 18 | / |
| Pollenti | 80 | 17 | / |
| Poliente | 80 | 13 | / |
| Polentez | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pelentai | 80 | 3 | / |
| Polintas | 80 | 3 | / |
| Polienti | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pallenta | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pholinta | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pollento | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poliento | 80 | 1 | / |
| Palentad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Polnti | 77 | 1 | / |
| Palnta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Polnto | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pollentes | 75 | 452 | / |
| Polliente | 75 | 72 | / |
| Pollentis | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pollentiz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pollentos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Palinta | 71 | 385 | / |
| Pelinta | 71 | 106 | / |
| Polinto | 71 | 67 | / |
| Pulente | 71 | 43 | / |
| Palente | 71 | 35 | / |
| Palenti | 71 | 33 | / |
| Palenty | 71 | 29 | / |
| Polinti | 71 | 28 | / |
| Pulenti | 71 | 21 | / |
| Polinte | 71 | 14 | / |
| Pulinta | 71 | 6 | / |
| Palento | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pelento | 71 | 3 | / |
| Polntep | 71 | 1 | / |
| Polehentyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Palntai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phalente | 67 | 100 | / |
| Pallenti | 67 | 57 | / |
| Pullente | 67 | 29 | / |
| Palentos | 67 | 16 | / |
| Palintad | 67 | 15 | / |
| Pullenti | 67 | 12 | / |
| Polintis | 67 | 6 | / |
| Puliente | 67 | 5 | / |
| Polintoh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pallente | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pullinta | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pulienti | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pollinte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palintha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pollinti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelentey | 67 | 1 | / |
Polenta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polenta in the Arabic language | ||
| بولنتا | bwlnta | - |
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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 Polenta
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