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
Polozhenets (Russian: Положенец) is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polozhenets? popularity and diffusion
The last name Polozhenets is the 2,689,253rd most numerous last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Polozhenets live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This last name is most common in Ukraine, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 1,517,423. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Zhytomyr Oblast, where 50 percent are found, Zaporizhia Oblast, where 27 percent are found and Kiev, where 10 percent are found. Not including Ukraine this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 21 percent are found and Russia, where 21 percent are found.
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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- 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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