Barák Surname
Approximately 920 people bear this surname
Barák Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 785 | 1:13,546 | 1,948 |
| Slovakia | 103 | 1:51,810 | 9,962 |
| Hungary | 32 | 1:306,759 | 23,012 |
The alternate forms: Barak (21,732) & Bařák (34) are calculated separately.
Barák Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barák Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Barák has its highest incidence in Czechia. It can also appear in the variant forms: Barak or Bařák. Click here for further potential spellings of Barák.
How Common Is The Last Name Barák? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 386,017th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 7,921,246 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Barák reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
Barák is most commonly held in Czechia, where it is borne by 785 people, or 1 in 13,546. In Czechia Barák is most numerous in: South Moravian Region, where 23 percent reside, Vysočina Region, where 21 percent reside and Prague, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Czechia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 11 percent reside and Hungary, where 3 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 Barák
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