Poletar Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Poletar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poletar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia211:201,36224,020
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Poletar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Poletar Come From? nationality or country of origin

Poletar is found most frequently in Croatia. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poletar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Poletar reside; 68 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 68 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Poletar is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 201,362. In Croatia Poletar is primarily concentrated in: Osijek-Baranja County, where 86 percent reside, Vukovar-Srijem County, where 10 percent reside and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 5 percent reside. Besides Croatia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 23 percent reside and Hungary, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paletar8637/
Polistar802/
Polytarp802/
Palestar801/
Palotar71124/
Polotár7145/
Politor7126/
Palatar719/
Politarova718/
Polator712/
Pulistar673,017/
Phalatar6714/
Puliztar677/
Palestor671/
Politosr671/
Palathaur634/
Palethore632/
Palishtar631/
Peuletoir630/
Palethorp630/
Paletář5748/
Pelotor571/
Paliteir531/

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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 Poletar
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