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
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Alec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alec Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alec has its highest incidence in Romania. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alec? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alec is the 263,749th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,907,438 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 39 percent of Alec live; 35 percent live in Eastern Europe and 35 percent live in Romanian Europe. Alec is also the 17,496th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 53,395 people.
This surname is most numerous in Romania, where it is borne by 522 people, or 1 in 38,463. In Romania Alec is mostly concentrated in: Satu Mare County, where 82 percent reside, Mureș County, where 12 percent reside and Maramureș County, where 5 percent reside. Besides Romania it occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs 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 through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 470 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 360 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Alec Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Alec are 9.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.52% 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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