Anek Surname
Approximately 12,449 people bear this surname
Anek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 11,283 | 1:3,460 | 622 |
| Thailand | 709 | 1:99,631 | 14,287 |
| Hungary | 89 | 1:110,295 | 10,533 |
| Turkey | 88 | 1:884,334 | 41,843 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Malaysia | 44 | 1:670,323 | 31,889 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Poland | 35 | 1:1,085,964 | 74,912 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Greece | 20 | 1:553,990 | 69,165 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1:25,910 | 1,967 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Anek (55,732) may also be a first name.
Anek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anek (Hindi: अनेक, Marathi: अनेक, Oriya: ଅେନକ, Russian: Анек) is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Anek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Anek is the 41,933rd most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 585,392 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Anek live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Anek is also the 16,853rd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 55,732 people.
The surname Anek is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 11,283 people, or 1 in 3,460. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Agago District, where 18 percent are found, Gulu District, where 17 percent are found and Kitgum District, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Uganda it exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 6 percent are found and Hungary, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anek in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅେନକ | aenaka | - |
| Anek in the Hindi language | ||
| अनेक | aneka | 99.65 |
| अनॆक | aneka | 0.15 |
| आनेक | aneka | 0.09 |
| अनेन | anena | 0.02 |
| Anek in the Marathi language | ||
| अनेक | aneka | 94.12 |
| अअनेक | a'aneka | 5.88 |
| Anek in the Russian language | ||
| Анек | anek | - |
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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
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- 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 Anek
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