Brek Surname
Approximately 2,226 people bear this surname
Brek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 559 | 1:69,108 | 11,278 |
| Ukraine | 312 | 1:145,906 | 20,385 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Russia | 205 | 1:703,039 | 59,725 |
| Kenya | 188 | 1:245,638 | 16,864 |
| Belarus | 141 | 1:67,383 | 11,107 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Brazil | 130 | 1:1,646,726 | 54,203 |
| Indonesia | 93 | 1:1,422,034 | 96,891 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Brek (451) may also be a first name.
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Brek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻙ, Hindi: ब्रेक, Oriya: େବକ୍, Russian: Брек) is most common in Algeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Brek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Brek is the 189,722nd most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,273,830 people. The surname Brek is mostly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Brek reside; 31 percent reside in North Africa and 31 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 402,848th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 451 people.
Brek is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is carried by 559 people, or 1 in 69,108. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 84 percent are found, El Oued Province, where 14 percent are found and Blida Province, where 1 percent are found. Not including Algeria Brek exists in 44 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 14 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent are found.
Brek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Brek has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 171 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 260 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Orthodox (83%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (70%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Brek surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Brek earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.7% less than the national average, earning $41,983 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.06% more than the national average, earning $56,670 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﻙ | brk | - |
| Brek in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्रेक | breka | - |
| Brek in the Oriya language | ||
| େବକ୍ | ebak | 79.41 |
| େବକ | ebaka | 20.59 |
| Brek in the Russian language | ||
| Брек | brek | - |
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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 Brek
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