Polowe Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Polowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Polowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polowe is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Polowe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Polowe is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Polowe reside; 60 percent reside in South America and 60 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil Polowe is most numerous in: Paraná, where 100 percent live. Not including Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
Polowe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Polowe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Polowe surname fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Polowe
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