Achek Surname
Approximately 883 people bear this surname
Achek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 405 | 1:95,387 | 14,461 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Cameroon | 99 | 1:209,789 | 21,424 |
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Malaysia | 55 | 1:536,259 | 26,457 |
| Tunisia | 21 | 1:29,077 | 4,362 |
| Burkina Faso | 17 | 1:1,079,535 | 10,589 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Achek (242) may also be a first name.
Achek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Achek (Russian: Ачек) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Achek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Achek is the 398,612th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 8,253,166 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Achek live; 64 percent live in North Africa and 64 percent live in Mahgreb. Achek is also the 574,510th most numerous forename globally It is held by 242 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is carried by 405 people, or 1 in 95,387. In Algeria Achek is primarily concentrated in: Tissemsilt Province, where 59 percent are found, Tlemcen Province, where 22 percent are found and Aïn Defla Province, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Algeria this last name is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 15 percent are found and Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.
Achek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Achek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Achek surname contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Achek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Achek in the Russian language | ||
| Ачек | acek | - |
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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 Achek
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