Golek Surname
Approximately 409 people bear this surname
Golek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 102 | 1:41,457 | 8,263 |
| Poland | 81 | 1:469,244 | 47,315 |
| Indonesia | 49 | 1:2,698,963 | 156,404 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Serbia | 18 | 1:396,942 | 17,613 |
| Slovenia | 15 | 1:165,845 | 14,188 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Gölek (173) are calculated separately.
Golek (464) may also be a first name.
Golek Demographics
Average Golek Salary in
United States
$32,949 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Golek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Golek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Golek (Russian: Голек) is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Gölek. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Golek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Golek is the 714,947th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 17,817,961 people. Golek is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Golek reside; 33 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 33 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Golek is also the 395,684th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 464 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 41,457. In Croatia Golek is most frequent in: Karlovac County, where 25 percent are found, Vukovar-Srijem County, where 17 percent are found and Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Croatia it occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.
Golek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Golek last name are 11.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.29% being registered with the political party.
Golek earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.64% less than the national average, earning $32,949 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Golek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Golek in the Russian language | ||
| Голек | golek | - |
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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 Golek
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