Herak Surname
Approximately 1,273 people bear this surname
Herak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 457 | 1:9,253 | 1,614 |
| United States | 281 | 1:1,289,889 | 90,528 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 129 | 1:27,414 | 4,399 |
| Ukraine | 65 | 1:700,349 | 73,397 |
| Czechia | 64 | 1:166,148 | 25,172 |
| Serbia | 53 | 1:134,810 | 9,704 |
| Slovenia | 49 | 1:50,769 | 8,382 |
| Austria | 46 | 1:185,118 | 23,639 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| Slovakia | 16 | 1:333,528 | 46,365 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Herák (833) & Hérák (28) are calculated separately.
Herak (92) may also be a first name.
Herak Demographics
Average Herak Salary in
United States
$39,471 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Herak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Herak (Arabic: هيراك, Hindi: हिरक) is more frequently found in Croatia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Herák or Hérák. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Herak? popularity and diffusion
The last name Herak is the 298,939th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,724,702 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Herak reside; 54 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 54 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Herak is also the 992,070th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 92 people.
This last name is most widely held in Croatia, where it is carried by 457 people, or 1 in 9,253. In Croatia Herak is mostly concentrated in: Krapina-Zagorje County, where 26 percent are found, Istria County, where 24 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 17 percent are found. Not including Croatia this surname is found in 31 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 10 percent are found.
Herak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Herak has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,122 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Herak Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Herak surname are 5.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.27% being registered with the political party.
The amount Herak earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 8.52% less than the national average, earning $39,471 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.78% more than the national average, earning $61,498 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Herak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Herak in the Hindi language | ||
| हिरक | hiraka | - |
| Herak in the Arabic language | ||
| هيراك | hyrak | - |
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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 Herak
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