Alec Surname
Approximately 1,485 people bear this surname
Alec Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 522 | 1:38,463 | 4,903 |
| Canada | 152 | 1:242,405 | 23,093 |
| United States | 141 | 1:2,570,631 | 155,955 |
| South Africa | 137 | 1:395,458 | 35,012 |
| Israel | 108 | 1:79,237 | 9,601 |
| Botswana | 105 | 1:20,828 | 4,170 |
| Philippines | 56 | 1:1,807,825 | 113,961 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Alec (53,395) may also be a first name.
Alec Demographics
Average Male Alec Height
177.45 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Alec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alec Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alec is more commonly found in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Alec click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alec? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alec is the 263,749th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,907,438 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 39 percent of Alec reside; 35 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 35 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 17,496th most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 53,395 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Romania, where it is carried by 522 people, or 1 in 38,463. In Romania it is most numerous in: Satu Mare County, where 82 percent reside, Mureș County, where 12 percent reside and Maramureș County, where 5 percent reside. Beside Romania this surname exists in 44 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Alec Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Alec has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Alec last name grew 470 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 360 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Alec Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Alec surname are 9.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.52% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Alec earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 17.76% more than the national average, earning R 279,840 per year; in United States they earn 15.12% less than the national average, earning $36,627 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.68% less than the national average, earning $37,421 CAD per year.
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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 Alec
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