Assilek Surname

366,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 985 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Chad

Assilek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Assilek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad9631:14,1141,774
Cameroon211:989,00363,570
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010

Assilek (248) may also be a first name.

Assilek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Assilek is more frequently found in Chad than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Assilek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 366,000th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,398,524 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Assilek live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Chadic Africa. Assilek is also the 566,287th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 248 people.

It is most frequent in Chad, where it is carried by 963 people, or 1 in 14,114. Excluding Chad this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Jordan, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Assileck931,353/
Asilek921/
Asailek8628/
Asileke8621/
Asselek867/
Ashileke8016/
Asseleck801/
Asilik7730/
Aselek7720/
Asulek771/
Ayçilek7186/
Hasilik7170/
Hasilík7142/
Aseleke7110/
Osileke712/
Asilike711/
Gasselik6724/
Asilkova672/
Ashilegh671/
Eseileck671/

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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 Assilek
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