Itek Surname

653,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Itek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Itek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3341:530,36826,081
Turkey801:972,76844,534
Indonesia241:5,510,383253,014
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Itek (134) may also be a first name.

Itek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Itek (Hindi: इतेक, Russian: Итэк) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Itek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 653,013th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. Itek occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Itek reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Itek is also the 800,975th most frequent first name globally, borne by 134 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 334 people, or 1 in 530,368. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 67 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 18 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 17 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.

Itek Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iteke89858/
Jitek8919/
Hitek899/
Gitek897/
Aitek897/
Iteks891/
Giteck8012/
Gittek808/
Hiteke805/
Jiteak802/
Iteeke801/
Uiteke801/
Iteuck801/
Isstek801/
Izteck801/
Aiteek801/
Itik751,363/
Etek75606/
Utek75298/
Itec7547/
Iteg7516/
Iteq755/
Itex753/
Jtek751/
Hijstek73191/
Heistek73171/
Itekova7313/
Hisstek7310/
Itthiek734/
Ahietek731/
Itekowa731/
Aytek671,588/
Eteke671,100/
Yitik67837/
Hutek67521/
Getek67375/
Gitik6780/
Itike6757/
Eteck6728/
Itiok6726/
Uteck6724/
Etiek6718/
Hitik6717/
Hitec6716/
Aitik6715/
Aitekova6715/
Hiteg6714/
Jiteg679/
Hetek679/
Isteg674/
Eytek673/
Aitec672/
Eštek672/
Iteeq672/
Uteak672/
Ittik672/
Uttek671/
Jitik671/
Hytek671/
Giteq671/
Gityk671/
Aitex671/
Eteuk671/
Ethek671/
Itick671/
Itteq671/
Giteg671/
Eteak671/
Ystek671/
Ittec671/
Ettek670/

Itek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Itek in the Hindi language
इतेकiteka-
Itek in the Russian language
Итэкitek-

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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 Itek
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