Kerek Surname
Approximately 2,495 people bear this surname
Kerek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 1,256 | 1:7,816 | 935 |
| Turkey | 368 | 1:211,471 | 15,316 |
| United States | 158 | 1:2,294,044 | 142,811 |
| Papua New Guinea | 134 | 1:60,849 | 7,857 |
| Slovakia | 112 | 1:47,647 | 9,138 |
| Indonesia | 98 | 1:1,349,482 | 93,150 |
| Romania | 54 | 1:371,812 | 31,284 |
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| Ukraine | 46 | 1:989,624 | 92,482 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Belarus | 16 | 1:593,816 | 52,198 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
The alternate forms: Kerék (690) are calculated separately.
Kerek (140) may also be a first name.
Kerek Demographics
Average Kerek Salary in
United States
$41,419 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kerek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerek (Russian: Керек) is more frequently found in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Kerék. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerek? popularity and diffusion
Kerek is the 172,420th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,920,860 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Kerek live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 781,395th most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 140 people.
The last name Kerek is most numerous in Hungary, where it is carried by 1,256 people, or 1 in 7,816. In Hungary it is primarily found in: Heves County, where 34 percent reside, Budapest, where 15 percent reside and Hajdú-Bihar County, where 11 percent reside. Besides Hungary it is found in 34 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.
Kerek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kerek surname are 28.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75.76% registered with the political party.
The amount Kerek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 16.38% less than the national average, earning 289,396 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.01% less than the national average, earning $41,419 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.98% less than the national average, earning $44,227 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerek in the Russian language | ||
| Керек | kerek | - |
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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 Kerek
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