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
The surname Adek (Marathi: आदेक, Oriya: ଆେଦକ, Russian: Адек) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Adek is the 152,565th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,526,888 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Adek reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 48 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 54,698th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 11,843 people.
The surname Adek is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,470 people, or 1 in 31,415. In Kenya Adek is most numerous in: Homa Bay County, where 50 percent are found, Migori County, where 43 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 6 percent are found. Not including Kenya Adek exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.
Adek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Adek last name is principally 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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