Borek Surname
Approximately 15,724 people bear this surname
Borek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 10,875 | 1:3,495 | 354 |
| United States | 2,229 | 1:162,611 | 16,548 |
| Czechia | 693 | 1:15,344 | 2,253 |
| Israel | 390 | 1:21,943 | 3,252 |
| Germany | 344 | 1:234,027 | 25,880 |
| England | 169 | 1:329,693 | 24,334 |
| Brazil | 152 | 1:1,408,384 | 47,527 |
| Canada | 125 | 1:294,765 | 27,374 |
| Austria | 119 | 1:71,558 | 10,916 |
| Iran | 101 | 1:760,223 | 38,762 |
| France | 75 | 1:885,636 | 103,228 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| Scotland | 43 | 1:124,507 | 7,876 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Romania | 29 | 1:692,340 | 47,921 |
| Hungary | 25 | 1:392,651 | 27,081 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Ukraine | 22 | 1:2,069,213 | 143,711 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Börek (584) & Borěk (1) are calculated separately.
Borek (634) may also be a first name.
Borek Demographics
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Borek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Borek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Borek (Russian: Борек) is found in Poland more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Börek or Borěk. Click here for further possible spellings of Borek.
How Common Is The Last Name Borek? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 33,749th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 463,466 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Borek reside; 74 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 74 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 330,552nd most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 634 people.
This surname is most numerous in Poland, where it is carried by 10,875 people, or 1 in 3,495. Other than Poland this last name exists in 57 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent live and Czechia, where 4 percent live.
Borek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Borek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Borek last name grew 18,575 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Borek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Borek last name are 1.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.27% being registered with the party.
The amount Borek earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 26.44% less than the national average, earning 254,563 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.57% more than the national average, earning $49,004 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.94% less than the national average, earning $47,726 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Borek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Borek in the Russian language | ||
| Борек | borek | - |
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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 Borek
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