Wolak Surname
Approximately 11,313 people bear this surname
Wolak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 8,634 | 1:4,402 | 480 |
| United States | 2,036 | 1:178,025 | 17,835 |
| Canada | 149 | 1:247,286 | 23,510 |
| Germany | 101 | 1:797,084 | 58,657 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Brazil | 47 | 1:4,554,773 | 120,089 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| New Zealand | 33 | 1:137,222 | 16,302 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
The alternate forms: Wolák (10) are calculated separately.
Wolak Demographics
Average Wolak Salary in
United States
$49,217 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wolak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wolak is found most frequently in Poland. It may be rendered as: Wolák. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolak? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 45,836th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 644,174 people. The last name Wolak occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Wolak are found; 76 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 76 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The last name Wolak is most commonly held in Poland, where it is borne by 8,634 people, or 1 in 4,402. Not including Poland Wolak is found in 34 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Wolak Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wolak are 0.87% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.36% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wolak earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.77% less than the national average, earning 281,113 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 65.31% less than the national average, earning R 82,428 per year; in United States they earn 14.06% more than the national average, earning $49,217 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $50,502 CAD per year.
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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 Wolak
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