Devk Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Devk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Devk Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India141:54,790,384527,769
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Devk (23) may also be a first name.

Devk Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Devk Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Devk (Hindi: देवक, Russian: Девк) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Devk? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Devk live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 23 people.

It is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India Devk is primarily found in: Bihar, where 93 percent live and Delhi, where 7 percent live. Besides India this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Devke892,140/
Devks894/
Dehvk891/
Devksh8020/
Devg758,760/
Dewk7511/
Devq755/
Devc752/
Devx751/
Defk751/
Devkova734/
Dewke678/
Deivq671/
Devqq671/
Defke671/
Devqe671/
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Devk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Devk in the Hindi language
देवकdevaka57.14
देवकीdevaki42.86
Devk in the Russian language
Девкdevk-

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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 Devk
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