Poletun Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Poletun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poletun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1551:293,69537,615
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Kyrgyzstan61:995,44257,680
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293

Poletun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poletun (Russian: Полетун) is found most in Ukraine. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poletun? popularity and diffusion

Poletun is the 1,290,735th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Poletun live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 94 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Poletun is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 293,695. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Donetsk Oblast, where 36 percent live, Chernihiv Oblast, where 21 percent live and Kirovohrad Oblast, where 16 percent live. Besides Ukraine this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 6 percent live and Kyrgyzstan, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polytun86167/
Politun8632/
Paletun865/
Poleton864/
Poletunova8230/
Poleaton801/
Politon71434/
Palatun71143/
Politunova7123/
Polytunova715/
Paleton710/
Politton6770/
Phalatun671/
Palleton670/
Pauleton670/

Poletun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poletun in the Russian language
Полетунpoletun-

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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 Poletun
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