Polkowsky Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

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

Polkowsky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polkowsky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Polkowsky Last Name Facts

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

Polkowsky is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Polkowsky.

How Common Is The Last Name Polkowsky? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Polkowsky occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Polkowsky are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Polkowsky is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 30,204,911. In The United States it is most prevalent in: South Carolina, where 75 percent live, Colorado, where 17 percent live and New York, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 14 percent live.

Polkowsky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Polkowsky has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Polkowsky surname increased 109 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Polkowsky Last Name Statistics demography

Polkowsky earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 107.13% more than the national average, earning $89,375 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
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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 Polkowsky
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