K Surname

79,915th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Kuwait

K Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

K Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh3,1541:50,5252,770
Taiwan9741:24,071332
United Arab Emirates6841:13,3951,642
Kuwait4821:7,8851,093
Iraq3351:104,5423,094
Yemen1021:259,0729,338
Canada961:383,80834,152
Liberia801:55,1074,868
China451:30,384,9241,604
Iran331:2,326,74378,121
India291:26,450,530346,896
Hungary211:467,44230,347
Lebanon131:433,62211,952
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859

K (18,855) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ke671,270,301/
Kh6710,745/
Hk673,786/
Ck672,117/
Kc671,643/
Kk671,345/
Kg67832/
Gk67311/
67279/
Kq678/
676/
Qk674/
Kỳ671/
Kẻ671/
671/

K Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
K in the Russian language
Къk-

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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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