Islek Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Islek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Islek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Austria401:212,88626,249
Norway311:165,88020,092
England191:2,932,529101,561
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Northern Cyprus31:106,3378,831
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Işlek (10,734) are calculated separately.

Islek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Islek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Islek is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Işlek. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Islek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,310,135th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name Islek occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Islek are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 1,872,220. In Germany Islek is primarily found in: Hesse, where 40 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent are found and Bavaria, where 16 percent are found. Not including Germany it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 23 percent are found and Norway, where 18 percent are found.

Islek Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Islek earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.31% less than the national average, earning 220,423 kr per year and in United States they earn 51.68% more than the national average, earning $65,450 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Işlek9310,734/
Ishlek9114/
Isslek911/
Içlek801,208/
Eslek801,021/
Islik8049/
Iclek8019/
Izlek803/
Üslek802/
Aislik73122/
Esleck7314/
Esliek731/
Islyke731/
Yizlek731/
Huslek731/
Esleeck6758/
Islıcık6725/
Hesleck6711/
Ijlk672/
Ixlk672/
Yslk672/
Islc671/
Isslike671/
Igileke671/
Essleck671/
Eislick670/

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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 Islek
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