Polyák Surname

108,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Polyák Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polyák Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary3,9821:2,465277
Slovakia1991:26,8164,570
Czechia861:123,64519,875
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Polyák Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polyák is most common in Hungary. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polyák? popularity and diffusion

The last name Polyák is the 108,894th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,705,487 people. Polyák is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Polyák live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name Polyák is most frequently held in Hungary, where it is carried by 3,982 people, or 1 in 2,465. In Hungary it is primarily concentrated in: Bács-Kiskun County, where 20 percent reside, Budapest, where 14 percent reside and Pest County, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Hungary it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 5 percent reside and Czechia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poliák8336/
Polják835/
Palyák833/
Polyoak771/
Polehňák716/
Poljak674,566/
Palyók678/
Palyáková673/
Polehoyke672/
Poljáková672/
Palják671/
Polyóková671/
Poljack6219/
Polijak6213/
Poljiak6210/
Poleack627/
Polleak621/
Poljaik621/
Poleokh621/
Polehňáková599/
Polleock570/
Poljaková53298/
Poljakova53246/
Poljakowa532/
Poleac50591/
Paljak50158/
Poljac5089/

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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 Polyák
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