Polesa Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Polesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Poland | 30 | 1:1,266,958 | 80,461 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Lesotho | 8 | 1:254,070 | 15,268 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Polesa (31) may also be a first name.
Polesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polesa (Russian: Полеса) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polesa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 866,642nd most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. The last name Polesa is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Polesa are found; 72 percent are found in Central Africa and 72 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 31 people.
The surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 326,901. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 10 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Polesa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polesa in the Russian language | ||
| Полеса | polesa | - |
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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 Polesa
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