Kelek Surname
Approximately 3,477 people bear this surname
Kelek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 3,282 | 1:23,712 | 2,724 |
| Croatia | 40 | 1:105,715 | 16,512 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Marshall Islands | 11 | 1:4,711 | 882 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Kelek (85) may also be a first name.
Kelek Demographics
Average Kelek Salary in
United States
$31,167 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kelek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kelek (Russian: Келек) occurs most in Turkey. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelek? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 130,135th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,095,929 people. The last name Kelek occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Kelek live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,039,322nd most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 85 people.
This surname is most widely held in Turkey, where it is held by 3,282 people, or 1 in 23,712. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Gaziantep Province, where 12 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 11 percent reside and Kahramanmaras Province, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Kelek Last Name Statistics demography
Kelek earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.77% less than the national average, earning $31,167 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kelek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kelek in the Russian language | ||
| Келек | kelek | - |
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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 Kelek
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