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Where Does The Last Name Poleshko Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Poleshko (Russian: Полешко) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Poleshko? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 257,425^th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,763,102 people. The last name Poleshko occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Poleshko are found; 87 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 86 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 675 people, or 1 in 67,441. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 21 percent are found, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 15 percent are found and Kiev, where 10 percent are found. Barring Ukraine this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 26 percent are found and Belarus, where 25 percent are found.

Poleshko Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Poleshko last name is chiefly Orthodox (82%) in Russia, Orthodox (92%) in Belarus and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Poleshko surname are 11.37% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 58.14% registered with the party.