Polessa Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Polessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 99 | 1:2,162,367 | 67,701 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Polessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Polessa is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Polessa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,683,218th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Polessa are found; 85 percent are found in South America and 85 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The surname Polessa is most numerous in Brazil, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 2,162,367. In Brazil Polessa is most prevalent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 77 percent reside, Federal District, where 10 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 5 percent reside. Not including Brazil it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 12 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Polessa
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