Polton Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Polton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1561:2,323,455144,218
South Africa651:833,50355,653
England541:1,031,81650,675
France151:4,428,181244,602
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England891:273,88119,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:784,66749,209

Polton (166) may also be a first name.

Polton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polton (Russian: Полтон) is most common in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Polton.

How Common Is The Last Name Polton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 833,931st most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Polton reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 710,504th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 166 people.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 2,323,455. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Iowa, where 29 percent reside, Colorado, where 13 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 20 percent reside and England, where 16 percent reside.

Polton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Polton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Polton last name rose 244 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 39 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Polton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Polton last name are 1.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.43% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Polton earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 64.07% more than the national average, earning R 389,904 per year; in United States they earn 30.9% more than the national average, earning $56,482 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.79% more than the national average, earning $70,943 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Polton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polton in the Russian language
Полтонpolton-

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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 Polton
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