Pólya Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Pólya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 356 | 1:27,574 | 3,055 |
| Slovakia | 67 | 1:79,649 | 15,428 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Polya (215) are calculated separately.
Pólya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pólya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pólya is more frequently found in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Polya. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pólya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 695,980th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pólya live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 84 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
The surname Pólya is most frequently held in Hungary, where it is held by 356 people, or 1 in 27,574. In Hungary Pólya is mostly concentrated in: Budapest, where 23 percent reside, Baranya County, where 16 percent reside and Csongrád County, where 16 percent reside. Besides Hungary this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 16 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polya | 93 | 215 | / |
| Póla | 89 | 46 | / |
| Pulya | 80 | 1,056 | / |
| Palya | 80 | 1,007 | / |
| Pálya | 80 | 88 | / |
| Pólay | 80 | 21 | / |
| Pólai | 80 | 10 | / |
| Pólyi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pólla | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pólyaová | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puilya | 73 | 2,038 | / |
| Palaya | 73 | 1,384 | / |
| Polaya | 73 | 172 | / |
| Pollya | 73 | 115 | / |
| Pallya | 73 | 107 | / |
| Póllai | 73 | 56 | / |
| Pulaya | 73 | 54 | / |
| Paalya | 73 | 12 | / |
| Polyah | 73 | 12 | / |
| Paulya | 73 | 7 | / |
| Poolya | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pállya | 73 | 4 | / |
| Palyai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pullya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pohlya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pulyay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poulya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pahlya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Palyay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pholya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Polyai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pala | 67 | 145,904 | / |
| Pola | 67 | 36,367 | / |
| Poly | 67 | 27,751 | / |
| Pula | 67 | 12,761 | / |
| Paly | 67 | 1,300 | / |
| Polyuha | 67 | 1,078 | / |
| Pallaya | 67 | 726 | / |
| Palyuha | 67 | 707 | / |
| Puly | 67 | 120 | / |
| Pála | 67 | 96 | / |
| Pôla | 67 | 67 | / |
| Poolyai | 67 | 41 | / |
| Pólo | 67 | 35 | / |
| Pollaya | 67 | 32 | / |
| Pály | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pullaya | 67 | 20 | / |
| Póli | 67 | 17 | / |
| Palyash | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pulgaya | 67 | 11 | / |
| Puillya | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pholyai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Phoolya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Palyath | 67 | 4 | / |
| Paalyaa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Polyach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poulaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Púla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pohlyad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palyaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palyatt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pullyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Polyats | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puilaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pollyas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pathlya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pólya
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