Poltavska Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Poltavska Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poltavska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia131:157,69620,118
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Poltavská (1) are calculated separately.

Poltavska Last Name Facts

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

Poltavska (Russian: Полтавська) is most common in Latvia. It can be found as: Poltavská. Click here for further potential spellings of Poltavska.

How Common Is The Last Name Poltavska? popularity and diffusion

Poltavska is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Poltavska are found; 74 percent are found in Northern Europe and 68 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The last name Poltavska is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 157,696. In Latvia it is most common in: Latgale, where 69 percent reside, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 23 percent reside and Riga Planning Region, where 8 percent reside. Not including Latvia it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 16 percent reside and Ireland, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Poltavska Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poltavska in the Russian language
Полтавськаpoltavska-

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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 Poltavska
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