Polglase Surname

261,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,503 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Polglase Surname Definition:

From Polglase in St. Earme, not far from Killigrew (of which manor it anciently formed part); or Polglaze, name of places in Cuby and Cury parishes; from pol-glase, -glaze, the green pool.

Polglase Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia8041:33,5774,424
England2441:228,35319,058
New Zealand2401:18,8683,310
United States1391:2,607,618157,688
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
China21:683,660,78330,601
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2401:101,56410,213
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Polglase Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Polglase in St. Earme, not far from Killigrew (of which manor it anciently formed part); or Polglaze, name of places in Cuby and Cury parishes; from pol-glase, -glaze, the green pool.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Polglase Last Name Facts

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

The last name Polglase is found in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Polglase? popularity and diffusion

Polglase is the 261,171st most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,848,667 people. The surname Polglase occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Polglase live; 69 percent live in Australasia and 69 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is held by 804 people, or 1 in 33,577. In Australia it is primarily found in: New South Wales, where 38 percent are found, Victoria, where 33 percent are found and Queensland, where 12 percent are found. Not including Australia this surname occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent are found and New Zealand, where 16 percent are found.

Polglase Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Polglase has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 102 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 316 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Polglase Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Polglase surname are 8.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55% being registered with the political party.

The amount Polglase earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.81% more than the national average, earning R 410,664 per year; in United States they earn 25.42% more than the national average, earning $54,117 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.77% more than the national average, earning $54,038 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polglaise9415/
Polglaser940/
Pollglase940/
Polglas930/
Polglaze88257/
Polglass8828/
Palglase881/
Polglaize821/
Poulglace820/
Pulglaze750/

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Polglase Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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