Balák Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
Balák Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 508 | 1:20,932 | 3,218 |
| Hungary | 42 | 1:233,721 | 18,989 |
| Slovakia | 33 | 1:161,711 | 28,420 |
The alternate forms: Balak (17,327) are calculated separately.
Balák Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balák Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balák is more commonly found in Czechia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Balak. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Balák? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 548,408th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,500,079 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Balák are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Czechia, where it is borne by 508 people, or 1 in 20,932. In Czechia Balák is mostly concentrated in: South Moravian Region, where 30 percent reside, Plzeň Region, where 17 percent reside and Prague, where 10 percent reside. Barring Czechia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 7 percent reside and Slovakia, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Balák
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