Herák Surname
Approximately 833 people bear this surname
Herák Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 648 | 1:16,410 | 2,440 |
| Slovakia | 165 | 1:32,342 | 5,790 |
| Hungary | 20 | 1:490,814 | 31,291 |
The alternate forms: Herak (1,273) & Hérák (28) are calculated separately.
Herák Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herák Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Herák is found most in Czechia. It can appear as: Herak or Hérák. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Herák? popularity and diffusion
The last name Herák is the 417,348th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,748,555 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Herák are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Czechia, where it is carried by 648 people, or 1 in 16,410. In Czechia it is primarily concentrated in: Ústí nad Labem Region, where 14 percent are found, South Moravian Region, where 13 percent are found and Moravian-Silesian Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Czechia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 20 percent are found and Hungary, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herak | 93 | 1,273 | / |
| Hérák | 93 | 28 | / |
| Hierák | 91 | 1 | / |
| Herok | 80 | 3,137 | / |
| Gerák | 80 | 182 | / |
| Harák | 80 | 143 | / |
| Hyrák | 80 | 52 | / |
| Hirák | 80 | 16 | / |
| Jerák | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heráková | 77 | 804 | / |
| Herákova | 77 | 2 | / |
| Horňák | 73 | 2,910 | / |
| Cherak | 73 | 1,116 | / |
| Cherok | 73 | 211 | / |
| Herrak | 73 | 153 | / |
| Kherak | 73 | 96 | / |
| Herook | 73 | 43 | / |
| Herock | 73 | 30 | / |
| Gerhák | 73 | 26 | / |
| Harňák | 73 | 25 | / |
| Herzak | 73 | 21 | / |
| Heroke | 73 | 16 | / |
| Heraik | 73 | 15 | / |
| Herack | 73 | 15 | / |
| Hierak | 73 | 9 | / |
| Herzok | 73 | 5 | / |
| Heroik | 73 | 5 | / |
| Herrok | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hirňák | 73 | 2 | / |
| Heerak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Herouk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hereak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hereik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Heirak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Herakk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cherrak | 67 | 5,560 | / |
| Erak | 67 | 2,246 | / |
| Chereik | 67 | 565 | / |
| Cherouk | 67 | 445 | / |
| Erok | 67 | 418 | / |
| Cheroke | 67 | 59 | / |
| Cherock | 67 | 54 | / |
| Herrock | 67 | 52 | / |
| Cherake | 67 | 41 | / |
| Cherokh | 67 | 38 | / |
| Cherakh | 67 | 27 | / |
| Herzock | 67 | 24 | / |
| Hergauk | 67 | 15 | / |
| Heyrock | 67 | 11 | / |
| Heirock | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kherakh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hoerack | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hearock | 67 | 6 | / |
| Herzhak | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kherake | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hetrock | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cherack | 67 | 3 | / |
| Heroykh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hereike | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chierak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Herzack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Herhack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheraik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Herraik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orák | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kherrak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cherakk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheerok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cherzak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hereick | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Herák
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