Poleš Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Poleš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 25 | 1:169,144 | 21,748 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
The alternate forms: Poles (3,956), Poleś (26), Polès (4) & Pôles (2) are calculated separately.
Poleš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poleš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poleš occurs more in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Poles, Poleś, Polès or Pôles. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poleš? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,274,477th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. Poleš is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Poleš reside; 69 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 69 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 169,144. In Croatia Poleš is mostly concentrated in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 88 percent reside, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 8 percent reside and City of Zagreb, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Croatia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 17 percent reside and Slovakia, where 14 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 Poleš
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