Poleyn Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Poleyn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 72 | 1:159,676 | 22,068 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Poleyn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poleyn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poleyn occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poleyn? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,152,526th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Poleyn are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Poleyn is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 159,676. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 90 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 8 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Belgium this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.
Poleyn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Poleyn has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Poleyn
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