Polenšek Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Polenšek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 69 | 1:36,053 | 6,874 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
The alternate forms: Polensek (39) are calculated separately.
Polenšek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polenšek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Polenšek is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Polensek. Click here for other potential spellings of Polenšek.
How Common Is The Last Name Polenšek? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,220,661st most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Polenšek is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Polenšek are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 36,053. In Slovenia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Slovenia, where 59 percent are found, Savinja, where 38 percent are found and Southeast Slovenia, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Slovenia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Croatia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polensek | 96 | 39 | / |
| Polenchek | 82 | 1 | / |
| Polencheck | 78 | 108 | / |
| Polenchik | 71 | 83 | / |
| Polenchyk | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pollenscheck | 70 | 0 | / |
| Polencic | 63 | 56 | / |
| Palencik | 63 | 54 | / |
| Polynchyk | 59 | 36 | / |
| Pulenciks | 59 | 3 | / |
| Polynchik | 59 | 2 | / |
| Palenchik | 59 | 1 | / |
| Polinchyk | 59 | 1 | / |
| Palenchyk | 59 | 1 | / |
| Palencikova | 53 | 3 | / |
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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 Polenšek
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