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Where Does The Last Name Poltava Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Poltava (Russian: Полтава) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poltava? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 906,170^th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name Poltava occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Poltava live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

Poltava is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 267,781. In Ukraine Poltava is most common in: Poltava Oblast, where 25 percent are found, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 12 percent are found and Volyn Oblast, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Ukraine it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 37 percent are found and Israel, where 1 percent are found.

Poltava Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Poltava last name are 8.31% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 38.46% registered with the political party.