Polkin Surname

273,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Polkin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1,3511:106,67913,033
Kazakhstan311:570,40340,441
Belarus241:395,87740,412
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Polkin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polkin (Russian: Полькин) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polkin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 273,609th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,128,463 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Polkin reside; 84 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 84 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Polkin is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 1,351 people, or 1 in 106,679. In Russia Polkin is primarily found in: Orenburg Oblast, where 29 percent live, Mordovia Republic, where 21 percent live and Moscow, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Russia this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 2 percent live and Belarus, where 2 percent live.

Polkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (91%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States those bearing the Polkin last name are 9.48% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 56.25% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polkina921,057/
Poilkin922/
Posylkin8699/
Potylkin8634/
Poselkin8628/
Posilkin8626/
Polkienė865/
Potilkin862/
Potelkin861/
Pohlking860/
Palkin835,758/
Pulkin83685/
Polcin8376/
Polkyn8353/
Polken835/
Podtelkin8049/
Palkina774,752/
Pulkina77576/
Paulkin77265/
Polchin77100/
Polkehn7789/
Polkyna7757/
Polkähn7714/
Palkinn779/
Palckin771/
Pulking771/
Palkien771/
Polquin771/
Põlkina771/
Paulkina71165/
Putilkin7158/
Polkaehn7125/
Posylkyn717/
Patylkin716/
Pulkienė714/
Pollkehn713/
Pollquin711/
Pallkina711/
Palkyn67461/
Palken67122/
Polcen6751/
Pulkyn6738/
Palcin6725/
Palkén6714/
Pulcin678/

Polkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polkin in the Russian language
Полькинpolkin-

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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
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  • 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 Polkin
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