Adek Surname
Approximately 2,884 people bear this surname
Adek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,470 | 1:31,415 | 3,429 |
| Indonesia | 549 | 1:240,891 | 22,159 |
| India | 389 | 1:1,971,890 | 67,959 |
| Malaysia | 283 | 1:104,220 | 7,083 |
| Tanzania | 88 | 1:601,609 | 37,493 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Adek (11,843) may also be a first name.
Adek Demographics
Adek Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Adek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Adek (Marathi: आदेक, Oriya: ଆେଦକ, Russian: Адек) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Adek is the 152,565th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,526,888 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Adek live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Adek is also the 54,698th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 11,843 people.
The surname Adek is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 1,470 people, or 1 in 31,415. In Kenya Adek is most common in: Homa Bay County, where 50 percent live, Migori County, where 43 percent live and Nairobi County, where 6 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
Adek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adek in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆେଦକ | aedaka | - |
| Adek in the Marathi language | ||
| आदेक | adeka | 50 |
| आदीेेक | adieeka | 14.29 |
| आदीेक | adieka | 14.29 |
| अडेक | adeka | 14.29 |
| आडेक | adeka | 7.14 |
| Adek in the Russian language | ||
| Адек | adek | - |
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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 Adek
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