Polfus Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Polfus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polfus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1461:2,482,595151,840
Norway61:857,04855,549
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Polfus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polfus occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polfus? popularity and diffusion

Polfus is the 1,403,590th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Polfus live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 146 people, or 1 in 2,482,595. In The United States Polfus is most frequent in: Michigan, where 22 percent reside, California, where 16 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Polfus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Polfus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Polfus last name grew 3,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Polfus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Polfus last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the political party.

The amount Polfus earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 7.8% more than the national average, earning 373,089 kr per year and in United States they earn 5.93% less than the national average, earning $40,591 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polfuss9256/
Polfuhs923/
Polfuß832/
Pulfus830/
Paulfus778/
Palfuss776/
Pollfuß772/
Pulpfus770/
Pullfus770/
Pulphus62217/
Polphut6227/
Pholphut578/
Polphuch572/
Phulphus571/
Pholphuch531/

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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 Polfus
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