Hamek Surname
Approximately 1,367 people bear this surname
Hamek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,319 | 1:29,289 | 5,354 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Hámek (10) are calculated separately.
Hamek (34) may also be a first name.
Hamek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamek (Bengali: হামেক) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Hámek. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamek? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 282,110th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,331,050 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Hamek reside; 96 percent reside in North Africa and 96 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 34 people.
This last name is most frequent in Algeria, where it is borne by 1,319 people, or 1 in 29,289. In Algeria Hamek is mostly found in: Béjaïa Province, where 32 percent reside, Sidi Bel Abbès Province, where 27 percent reside and Algiers Province, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Algeria this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamek in the Bengali language | ||
| হামেক | hameka | - |
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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 Hamek
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