Polke Surname
Approximately 2,475 people bear this surname
Polke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,211 | 1:633,415 | 30,101 |
| Germany | 649 | 1:124,045 | 15,151 |
| United States | 330 | 1:1,098,360 | 79,589 |
| Poland | 70 | 1:542,982 | 51,331 |
| Argentina | 46 | 1:929,205 | 59,251 |
| Austria | 42 | 1:202,748 | 25,305 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 1:605,044 | 40,538 |
Polke (44) may also be a first name.
Polke Demographics
Polke Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Polke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Polke (Marathi: पोळके, Russian: Полке) has its highest incidence in India. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Polke is the 173,581st most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 2,944,463 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Polke live; 49 percent live in South Asia and 49 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Polke is also the 1,525,482nd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 44 people.
The last name Polke is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 1,211 people, or 1 in 633,415. In India Polke is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 98 percent reside, Karnataka, where 1 percent reside and Madhya Pradesh, where 0 percent reside. Aside from India it is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Polke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Polke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Polke last name expanded 398 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 60 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Polke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Polke surname is primarily Anglican (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Polke surname are 30.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 84% registered with the political party.
Polke earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.64% less than the national average, earning $41,579 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Polke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polke in the Marathi language | ||
| पोळके | polake | 81.88 |
| पोलके | polake | 16.69 |
| Polke in the Russian language | ||
| Полке | polke | - |
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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
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- 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 Polke
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