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) is found most in Bangladesh. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential 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 used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,194,484 people. This surname is mostly found 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 used first name internationally. It is borne by 18,855 people.
It is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is held by 3,154 people, or 1 in 50,525. Apart from Bangladesh it exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 16 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 11 percent are found.
K Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the K surname is principally 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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