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 occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alec? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 263,749th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,907,438 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 39 percent of Alec are found; 35 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 35 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 17,496th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 53,395 people.
This surname is most frequent in Romania, where it is carried by 522 people, or 1 in 38,463. In Romania Alec is most prevalent in: Satu Mare County, where 82 percent live, Mureș County, where 12 percent live and Maramureș County, where 5 percent live. Barring Romania Alec exists in 44 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Alec Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Alec has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Alec last name expanded 470 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 360 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Alec Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Alec surname are 9.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national 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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