Polovyan Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Polovyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polovyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia641:2,251,923134,938
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Polovyan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Polovyan (Russian: Половьян) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polovyan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,237,939th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Polovyan are found; 64 percent are found in North Asia and 64 percent are found in Slavic North Asia.

The last name Polovyan is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 2,251,923. In Russia Polovyan is most prevalent in: Primorsky Krai, where 39 percent reside, Saint Petersburg, where 16 percent reside and Kamchatka Krai, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Russia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Polovyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Polovyan last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Polovyan last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polovian88290/
Polovjan883/
Polovyanova84136/
Pelavyan751/
Polovianova7430/
Polovjanova742/
Pahlavyan714/
Paulowyan711/
Palabyan633/
Pahlavian5941/
Palabian508/

Polovyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polovyan in the Russian language
Половьянpolovan-

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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 Polovyan
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