Polyak Surname
Approximately 6,069 people bear this surname
Polyak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 2,273 | 1:63,407 | 8,208 |
| Belarus | 1,332 | 1:7,133 | 999 |
| United States | 1,133 | 1:319,911 | 29,174 |
| Israel | 519 | 1:16,489 | 2,467 |
| Canada | 119 | 1:309,627 | 28,530 |
| Germany | 73 | 1:1,102,815 | 73,621 |
| Australia | 70 | 1:385,653 | 31,598 |
| Kazakhstan | 68 | 1:260,037 | 22,674 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 60 | 1:99,544 | 12,143 |
| Uzbekistan | 60 | 1:515,486 | 11,776 |
| Slovakia | 58 | 1:92,008 | 17,690 |
| Austria | 56 | 1:152,061 | 20,229 |
| Romania | 48 | 1:418,289 | 33,624 |
| Hungary | 42 | 1:233,721 | 18,989 |
| Czechia | 29 | 1:366,671 | 43,532 |
| Moldova | 29 | 1:122,806 | 13,852 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Transnistria | 11 | 1:43,154 | 6,501 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Polyak (12) may also be a first name.
Polyak Demographics
Average Male Polyak Height
174.82 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Polyak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polyak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Polyak (Russian: Поляк) occurs most in Russia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Polyak? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 80,280th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,200,782 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Polyak live; 55 percent live in Eastern Europe and 51 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name in the world, held by 12 people.
The surname is most common in Russia, where it is carried by 2,273 people, or 1 in 63,407. In Russia Polyak is primarily found in: Moscow, where 15 percent reside, Moscow Oblast, where 5 percent reside and Mari El Republic, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Russia it is found in 39 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.
Polyak Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (90%) in Russia, Orthodox (86%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Polyak surname are 8.97% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 55.74% registered with the political party.
The amount Polyak earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.58% more than the national average, earning $45,988 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.98% more than the national average, earning $63,585 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Polyak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polyak in the Russian language | ||
| Поляк | polak | - |
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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 Polyak
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