Postolenko Surname

428,665th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 805 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Estonia

Postolenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postolenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine5861:77,68411,111
Russia1601:900,76971,600
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Kyrgyzstan121:497,72137,801
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
England61:9,286,343223,652
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Postolenko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Postolenko (Russian: Постоленко) is found in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Postolenko? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 428,665th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,052,852 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Postolenko are found; 86 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 86 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 586 people, or 1 in 77,684. In Ukraine Postolenko is most prevalent in: Cherkasy Oblast, where 21 percent live, Sumy Oblast, where 15 percent live and Odessa Oblast, where 10 percent live. Not including Ukraine this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 20 percent live and Estonia, where 2 percent live.

Postolenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (89%) in Russia and Orthodox (96%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Postolenko surname are 3.02% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 43.75% registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potolenko952/
Postalenko9049/
Pustolenko9032/
Pastolenko905/
Postolenka901/
Potalenko8423/
Pochtalenko7621/
Patalenko745/
Potalenka741/
Potolinca63139/
Potolincă639/

Postolenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Postolenko in the Russian language
Постоленкоpostolenko-

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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 Postolenko
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