Balabek Surname

858,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Balabek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balabek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan3001:58,9427,329
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Balabek (517) may also be a first name.

Balabek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Balabek (Georgian: ბალაბეკ, Russian: Балабек) occurs most in Kazakhstan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Balabek.

How Common Is The Last Name Balabek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 858,879th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. The last name Balabek is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Balabek reside; 95 percent reside in Central Asia and 95 percent reside in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. Balabek is also the 371,657th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 517 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Kazakhstan, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 58,942. In Kazakhstan Balabek is primarily found in: South Kazakhstan Region, where 55 percent live, Almaty, where 22 percent live and Jambyl Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Kazakhstan this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 3 percent live and Turkey, where 1 percent live.

Balabek Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Balabek surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those holding the Balabek last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balgabek9383/
Ballabek931/
Balaybek931/
Balabik8619/
Valabek8612/
Balabekova8211,473/
Balobeck8023/
Balabaik804/
Boulabek801/
Balaubekova7818/
Balabıyık7529/
Balabkova7525/
Balabhikh751/
Valábek7121/
Balabig7110/
Balabikova714/
Valabik712/
Balobekova712/
Valavek711/
Balabegova711/
Bolobek711/
Balavaik67172/
Běloubek6726/
Belhobek675/
Belebekh673/
Vala'bik671/

Balabek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balabek in the Georgian language
ბალაბეკbalabek-
Balabek in the Russian language
Балабекbalabek-

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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 Balabek
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