Poleshak Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Poleshak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 21 | 1:452,431 | 44,053 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Moldova | 9 | 1:395,708 | 28,721 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
Poleshak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poleshak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poleshak (Russian: Полешак) is found in Belarus more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poleshak? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Poleshak live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 82 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
Poleshak is most frequent in Belarus, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 452,431. In Belarus Poleshak is mostly found in: Grodno Region, where 76 percent live, Minsk, where 14 percent live and Brest Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Belarus it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 33 percent live and Moldova, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poleshak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poleshak in the Russian language | ||
| Полешак | polesak | - |
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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 Poleshak
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