Polglass Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Polglass Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Polglass Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:1,989,93178,001
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Polglass Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polglass is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polglass? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Polglass are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 1,989,931. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Devon, where 36 percent live, Derbyshire, where 29 percent live and East Sussex, where 25 percent live.

Polglass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Polglass has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Polglass last name expanded 187 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polglas930/
Polglase881,503/
Polgla868/
Polglaise8215/
Pollglase820/
Pholgla8010/
Palglase751/
Poulglace710/
Pholglo6720/
Palgilla631/

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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 Polglass
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