Brak Surname
Approximately 61,504 people bear this surname
Brak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 59,153 | 1:262 | 42 |
| Netherlands | 557 | 1:30,318 | 5,021 |
| Poland | 459 | 1:82,808 | 12,862 |
| Germany | 287 | 1:280,507 | 29,430 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Russia | 161 | 1:895,174 | 71,277 |
| United States | 137 | 1:2,645,686 | 159,417 |
| Canada | 102 | 1:361,231 | 32,546 |
| Algeria | 55 | 1:702,392 | 40,437 |
| Argentina | 41 | 1:1,042,522 | 64,438 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| Czechia | 26 | 1:408,980 | 46,580 |
| Ukraine | 24 | 1:1,896,779 | 136,831 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Kazakhstan | 19 | 1:930,658 | 56,702 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Brak (2,452) may also be a first name.
Brak Demographics
Brak Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Brak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brak (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺮﻙ, Hindi: ब्रक, Oriya: ବକ୍, Russian: Брак) occurs most in Cambodia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brak? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 9,211th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 118,489 people. The last name Brak occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Brak live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Khmer-Asia. Brak is also the 149,402nd most common first name globally, held by 2,452 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cambodia, where it is held by 59,153 people, or 1 in 262. In Cambodia Brak is mostly concentrated in: Phnom Penh, where 16 percent live, Svay Rieng Province, where 12 percent live and Takéo Province, where 8 percent live. Other than Cambodia Brak is found in 51 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 1 percent live and Poland, where 1 percent live.
Brak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Brak has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 806 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 733 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brak Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (71%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Brak surname are 6.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 59.26% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Brak earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 275.45% more than the national average, earning R 892,200 per year; in United States they earn 4.26% more than the national average, earning $44,985 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.73% less than the national average, earning $41,866 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brak in the Oriya language | ||
| ବକ୍ | bak | - |
| Brak in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्रक | braka | 83.33 |
| ब्राक | braka | 16.67 |
| Brak in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﺮﻙ | abrk | 50 |
| ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻙ | abrak | 50 |
| Brak in the Russian language | ||
| Брак | brak | - |
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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 Brak
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