Polák Surname
Approximately 10,956 people bear this surname
Polák Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 6,051 | 1:1,757 | 87 |
| Slovakia | 4,311 | 1:1,238 | 26 |
| Hungary | 584 | 1:16,809 | 1,906 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Polak (40,714) & Pólak (1) are calculated separately.
Polák Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polák Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Polák is carried by more people in Czechia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Polak or Pólak. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polák? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 47,259th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 665,165 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Polák reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
Polák is most prevalent in Czechia, where it is borne by 6,051 people, or 1 in 1,757. In Czechia Polák is most prevalent in: Central Bohemian Region, where 16 percent live, Prague, where 13 percent live and South Moravian Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Czechia this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 39 percent live and Hungary, where 5 percent live.
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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 Polák
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