Polgreen Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Polgreen Surname Definition:

From Polgrean in St. Michael Carhays; from pol-grean, the gravel pits. Hence the U. S. name Polegreen.

Polgreen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1171:3,097,940179,693
Australia271:999,84158,390
England201:2,785,90397,972
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
Wales61:261,4039,165

Polgreen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Polgrean in St. Michael Carhays; from pol-grean, the gravel pits. Hence the U. S. name Polegreen.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

(Cornish), Pol Goran, Pool of St. Goran? Polwhele, Pwllheli, Salt-water pit or pool.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Polgreen Last Name Facts

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

Polgreen occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polgreen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,321,499th most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The last name Polgreen occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Polgreen are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 3,097,940. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 41 percent are found, New York, where 10 percent are found and Minnesota, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 16 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.

Polgreen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Polgreen has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Polgreen surname decreased 13 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Polgreen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Polgreen are 0.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.33% registered with the political party.

Polgreen earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.28% more than the national average, earning $49,741 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pollgreen9423/
Polgren937/
Polgrean8857/
Palgren8012/
Pallgren755/
Polgrain754/
Paulgren750/
Poulgrain7186/
Palengren711/
Palgrem671/
Poilgrim631/
Palgrim5311/

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