Find out how popular the last name Polina is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Polina.

Polina, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Polina surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Polina in America

Polina is the 67747th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Polina surname appeared 291 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Polina.

We can also compare 2010 data for Polina to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Polina

The surname Polina is of Russian origin, derived from the Slavic word "pole" meaning "field" or "plain." It likely originated as a locational surname, given to those who lived in or near an open field or plain.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be traced back to the 16th century in various Russian records and documents. For example, a merchant named Ivan Polinin is mentioned in a 1587 registry of the city of Novgorod.

In the 17th century, the name appears in the Velvet Book, a collection of genealogical records of Russian noble families. One notable entry is that of Andrei Polinin, a landowner from the Ryazan region, who lived in the late 1600s.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Polina surname was particularly prevalent in the central and western regions of Russia, such as Moscow, Tver, and Smolensk. Some variations in spelling included Polinin, Polinov, and Polintsev.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Vasily Polinin, a Russian explorer born in 1737 in the village of Poliny, near Tver. He participated in several expeditions to the Arctic regions and the Aleutian Islands.

Another notable individual was Nikolai Polinin, a Russian writer and philosopher born in 1810 in Moscow. He was a prominent figure in the Slavophile movement and wrote extensively on Russian culture and history.

In the 20th century, Yuri Polinin (1903-1983) was a Soviet mathematician and academic known for his contributions to the field of complex analysis and the study of Riemann surfaces.

The surname Polina has also been associated with various place names in Russia, such as the village of Poliny in the Tver region, and the town of Polinovo in the Kaluga region, both of which likely derived their names from the geographical features of open fields or plains.

Overall, the surname Polina has a long and rich history in Russia, reflecting the country's diverse landscapes and cultural heritage.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Polina

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Polina.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Polina was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Polina has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Polina was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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