Polozhenets Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Polozhenets Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 30 | 1:1,517,423 | 120,367 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
Polozhenets Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polozhenets Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Polozhenets (Russian: Положенец) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Polozhenets? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Polozhenets live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
Polozhenets is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 1,517,423. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Zhytomyr Oblast, where 50 percent live, Zaporizhia Oblast, where 27 percent live and Kiev, where 10 percent live. Aside from Ukraine this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 21 percent live and Russia, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polozhynets | 91 | 31 | / |
| Polazhenets | 91 | 3 | / |
| Polazhynets | 82 | 253 | / |
| Polazhinets | 82 | 21 | / |
| Pologene | 74 | 2 | / |
| Polozine | 74 | 1 | / |
| Palazhynets | 73 | 17 | / |
| Polozina | 63 | 27 | / |
| Položeni | 63 | 6 | / |
| Poloseni | 63 | 1 | / |
| Palazines | 60 | 15 | / |
| Polyasene | 60 | 4 | / |
| Phalogene | 60 | 1 | / |
| Položinec | 60 | 1 | / |
| Polazina | 53 | 25 | / |
| Palazine | 53 | 16 | / |
| Polazini | 53 | 4 | / |
| Polageni | 53 | 3 | / |
| Palogine | 53 | 1 | / |
| Polažinec | 50 | 11 | / |
| Palazzine | 50 | 1 | / |
Polozhenets Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polozhenets in the Russian language | ||
| Положенец | polozenec | - |
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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 Polozhenets
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