Polotan Surname

870,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Polotan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polotan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3011:336,34045,958
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Polotan Last Name Facts

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

Polotan is found most in The Philippines. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polotan? popularity and diffusion

Polotan is the 870,423rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 23,432,624 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Polotan live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 95 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 301 people, or 1 in 336,340. In The Philippines Polotan is most prevalent in: Central Visayas, where 31 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 16 percent reside and Caraga, where 13 percent reside. Barring The Philippines this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polutan86384/
Poletan86362/
Pulotan8622/
Pelotan863/
Palotan862/
Polatan861/
Polattan80118/
Polathan8098/
Polatgan809/
Polletan807/
Palotang807/
Pallotan805/
Poloston801/
Polothanova781/
Pholattan752/
Pallottan752/
Palotaine751/
Polathang751/
Polostone750/
Pelatan711,912/
Palatan711,022/
Peloton71525/
Pulutan71371/
Paletan71129/
Palutan7162/
Peletan7113/
Poleton714/
Poloutoing711/
Puloton710/
Palathan6751/
Palatang6742/
Paletean6716/
Pulathan6713/
Palatane6712/
Palotong676/
Phulatan674/
Pelotoin671/
Pallutan671/
Pelatain671/
Peletean671/
Pallatan671/
Palatean671/
Palatain671/
Pulatane671/
Paliatan671/
Poylaton670/

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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 Polotan
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