Polhemus Surname

265,393rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,474 people bear this surname

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

Polhemus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polhemus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4661:247,24323,557
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4501:111,59711,091

Polhemus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polhemus is found most in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polhemus? popularity and diffusion

It is the 265,393rd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 4,944,061 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Polhemus are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Polhemus is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,466 people, or 1 in 247,243. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New Jersey, where 11 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and New York, where 9 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent are found and The Bahamas, where 0 percent are found.

Polhemus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Polhemus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Polhemus last name expanded 326 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Polhemus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Polhemus last name are 24.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.97% registered to vote for the political party.

Polhemus earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.15% more than the national average, earning $45,370 USD per year.

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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 Polhemus
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