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
Average Borek Salary in
United States
$49,004 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 more commonly found in Poland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Börek or Borěk. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Borek? popularity and diffusion
Borek is the 33,749th most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 463,466 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Borek live; 74 percent live in Eastern Europe and 74 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 330,552nd most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 634 people.
Borek is most frequent in Poland, where it is held by 10,875 people, or 1 in 3,495. Besides Poland this last name exists in 57 countries. It also occurs 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 over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 18,575 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Borek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Borek are 1.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.27% registered with the political 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
- 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 Borek
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