Polentas Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Polentas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polentas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1001:110,79818,617
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
England11:55,718,059489,080

Polentas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Polentas occurs in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polentas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Polentas is the 1,551,568th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname Polentas occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Polentas are found; 76 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 76 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

Polentas is most commonly held in Greece, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 110,798. In Greece it is most frequent in: Crete, where 78 percent reside, Attica, where 21 percent reside and Ionian Islands, where 1 percent reside. Besides Greece this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 7 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside.

Polentas Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Polentas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.69% less than the national average, earning R 69,660 per year and in United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polenta931,900/
Polintas883/
Pollentos821/
Palenta80234/
Polento8021/
Polinta803/
Palentos7516/
Pholinta751/
Pollento751/
Poliento751/
Pallenta751/
Palentad751/
Polnto711/
Palnta711/
Palinta67385/
Polinto6767/
Palento675/
Palntai671/
Palintad6315/
Polintoh635/
Palintha631/
Palęta571/
Palinto531/
Palintoc501/

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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 Polentas
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