Poltock Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Poltock Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Poltock Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:1,547,72466,012
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Poltock Last Name Facts

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

Poltock is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poltock? popularity and diffusion

The last name Poltock is the 2,689,253rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname Poltock is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Poltock live; 69 percent live in Northern Europe and 69 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 1,547,724. In England Poltock is most numerous in: Gloucestershire, where 31 percent live, Buckinghamshire, where 17 percent live and Kent, where 14 percent live. Aside from England it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 29 percent live and Italy, where 2 percent live.

Poltock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Poltock has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 240 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poltack8668/
Poltak77185/
Pultoc7718/
Poltuk771/
Poltokova751/
Poltakova638/
Paltog6228/
Polťák6226/
Paltac623/
Paltukh571/
Poiltax571/
Paltoque5332/
Polteaux531/
Polťáková5048/
Paltakova501/
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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 Poltock
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