K Surname
Approximately 6,101 people bear this surname
K Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 3,154 | 1:50,525 | 2,770 |
| Taiwan | 974 | 1:24,071 | 332 |
| United Arab Emirates | 684 | 1:13,395 | 1,642 |
| Kuwait | 482 | 1:7,885 | 1,093 |
| Iraq | 335 | 1:104,542 | 3,094 |
| Yemen | 102 | 1:259,072 | 9,338 |
| Canada | 96 | 1:383,808 | 34,152 |
| Liberia | 80 | 1:55,107 | 4,868 |
| China | 45 | 1:30,384,924 | 1,604 |
| Iran | 33 | 1:2,326,743 | 78,121 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Hungary | 21 | 1:467,442 | 30,347 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
K (18,855) may also be a first name.
K Demographics
K Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
K Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name K Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname K (Russian: Къ) occurs more in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name K? popularity and diffusion
The last name K is the 79,915th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,194,484 people. The last name K occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of K live; 53 percent live in South Asia and 52 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 39,517th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 18,855 people.
K is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is held by 3,154 people, or 1 in 50,525. Not including Bangladesh it exists in 26 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 16 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 11 percent are found.
K Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Greek Orthodox (40%) in Lebanon.
The amount K earn in different countries varies markedly. In Vietnam they earn 45.91% less than the national average, earning 44,588,700 ₫ per year and in Canada they earn 0.27% more than the national average, earning $49,815 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
K Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| K in the Russian language | ||
| Къ | k | - |
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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 K
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