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
Average Brak Salary in
United States
$44,985 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Brak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brak (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺮﻙ, Hindi: ब्रक, Oriya: ବକ୍, Russian: Брак) is found in Cambodia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Brak? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 9,211th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 118,489 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Brak reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 149,402nd most widely held given name in the world, borne by 2,452 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Cambodia, where it is carried by 59,153 people, or 1 in 262. In Cambodia it is most frequent in: Phnom Penh, where 16 percent live, Svay Rieng Province, where 12 percent live and Takéo Province, where 8 percent live. Apart from Cambodia it exists in 51 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 1 percent live and Poland, where 1 percent live.
Brak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Brak has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Brak surname rose 806 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 733 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brak Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Brak last name is chiefly Orthodox (71%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Brak surname are 6.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 59.26% registered with the political 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
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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 Brak
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