Illek Surname
Approximately 678 people bear this surname
Illek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 246 | 1:43,225 | 7,189 |
| Germany | 239 | 1:336,843 | 33,164 |
| Austria | 116 | 1:73,409 | 11,170 |
| Hungary | 21 | 1:467,442 | 30,347 |
| Slovakia | 17 | 1:313,909 | 44,635 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Íllek (1) are calculated separately.
Illek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Illek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Illek (Russian: Иллек) has its highest incidence in Czechia. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Íllek. For other potential spellings of Illek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Illek? popularity and diffusion
It is the 488,996th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 10,748,593 people. Illek is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Illek are found; 53 percent are found in Western Europe and 53 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Illek is most common in Czechia, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 43,225. In Czechia Illek is most frequent in: South Moravian Region, where 42 percent live, Moravian-Silesian Region, where 9 percent live and Prague, where 8 percent live. Other than Czechia this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 35 percent live and Austria, where 17 percent live.
Illek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Illek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Illek surname rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Illek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Illek in the Russian language | ||
| Иллек | illek | - |
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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 Illek
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