Polkina Surname

346,158th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,057 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Polkina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polkina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1,0001:144,12316,750
Kazakhstan221:803,75051,043
Belarus121:791,75562,255
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Transnistria51:94,94011,199
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

The alternate forms: Põlkina (1) are calculated separately.

Polkina Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polkina (Russian: Полькина) is more commonly found in Russia than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Põlkina. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Polkina? popularity and diffusion

The last name Polkina is the 346,158th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,894,556 people. The surname Polkina occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Polkina are found; 80 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 79 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 1,000 people, or 1 in 144,123. In Russia it is most prevalent in: Mordovia Republic, where 31 percent are found, Moscow, where 9 percent are found and Orenburg Oblast, where 4 percent are found. Not including Russia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found and Belarus, where 1 percent are found.

Polkina Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Orthodox (98%) in Russia.

In The United States Polkina are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 63.64% registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Polkina Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polkina in the Russian language
Полькинаpolkina-

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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 Polkina
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