Polglaze Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Polglaze 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.

Polglaze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1191:3,045,873177,373
Australia851:317,59627,389
England251:2,228,72284,230
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England621:393,15123,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Polglaze 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

A location name in Cornwall.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Polglaze Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polglaze is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polglaze? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 996,001st most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Polglaze are found; 46 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 3,045,873. In The United States Polglaze is mostly found in: Wisconsin, where 48 percent are found, New Jersey, where 19 percent are found and Florida, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 33 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.

Polglaze Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Polglaze has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,190 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Polglaze Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Polglaze last name are 23.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.27% being registered to vote for the party.

Polglaze earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.09% less than the national average, earning $42,248 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polglaize941/
Polglase881,503/
Pulglaze880/
Polglaise8215/
Polglaser820/
Poulglace820/
Pollglase820/
Poleglase820/
Polglas800/
Polglass7528/
Palglase751/
Polgalse751/
Polklas671/

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Polglaze Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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