Arket Surname

902,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Arket Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea2121:38,4614,642
United States531:6,838,848318,712
India201:38,353,269431,471
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Arket (41) may also be a first name.

Arket Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arket Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Arket (Arabic: اركت, Marathi: अरकेत, Russian: Аркет) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arket? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 902,012th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 72 percent of Arket live; 72 percent live in Oceania Islands and 72 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 41 people.

The last name Arket is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 212 people, or 1 in 38,461. In Papua New Guinea Arket is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 95 percent live, East Sepik, where 5 percent live and West New Britain, where 0 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea Arket occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.

Arket Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Arket has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Arket surname grew 482 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Arket Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Arket last name are 40.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the political party.

Arket earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.7% less than the national average, earning $39,826 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Harket91717/
Arkett9137/
Earket9124/
Aarket914/
Arkeat914/
Arketh911/
Arcket910/
Harkett83171/
Harkiet831/
Harketh830/
Arkeith830/
Arkit80248/
Orket80100/
Arcet8094/
Erket8015/
Harkettt771/
Harkette771/
Harkkeat771/
Haarkett771/
Harckett770/
Archet73201/
Erkiet7381/
Harcet7356/
Arqeet7338/
Arkhit7326/
Arkied7314/
Gorket7313/
Garkit7311/
Arquet7311/
Arkhed739/
Orkhet738/
Arkist731/
Orkiet731/
Arkite731/
Earkit731/
Ercket731/
Orkett730/
Eirket730/
Herket730/
Harcketts7111/
Harquet67199/
Arquete67134/
Arquett6712/
Arkehed6710/
Arquiet674/
Arqueth672/
Harchet672/
Harkeyd672/
Horkett672/
Arquetz672/
Harkite671/
Harcett671/
Garkith671/
Eirkett671/
D'Arcet671/
Herkett670/
Archeit670/
Hercket670/
Herketh670/

Arket Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arket in the Marathi language
अरकेतaraketa-
Arket in the Russian language
Аркетarket-
Arket in the Arabic language
اركتarkt-

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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 Arket
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