Polezh Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Polezh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Polezh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polezh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polezh (Russian: Полеж) is more commonly found in Russia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polezh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Polezh occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Polezh reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
The surname Polezh is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 48,041,019. In Russia it is most numerous in: Mordovia Republic, where 33 percent are found, Moscow, where 33 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 33 percent are found. Besides Russia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Belarus, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Polezh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polezh in the Russian language | ||
| Полеж | polez | - |
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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 Polezh
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