View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Ak Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Ak (Arabic: عك, Hindi: एके, Marathi: आक, Oriya: ଆକ, Tibetan: ཨག་) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Ák or Ãk. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ak? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 5,930^th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 76,620 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Ak are found; 62 percent are found in West Asia and 59 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 22,701^st most widely held first name internationally, held by 38,965 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 65,190 people, or 1 in 1,194. In Turkey Ak is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent live, Samsun Province, where 5 percent live and Mersin Province, where 5 percent live. Not including Turkey this last name exists in 127 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Bangladesh, where 6 percent live.

Ak Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Ak has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ak surname grew 1,831 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ak Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (75%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Ak are 20.3% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 73.53% registered with the political party.

The amount Ak earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 22.14% more than the national average, earning $52,702 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.62% less than the national average, earning $47,882 CAD per year.