Kimek Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kimek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kimek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Kimek (14) may also be a first name.

Kimek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kimek Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kimek is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kimek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,776,799th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Kimek reside; 57 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 57 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held given name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea Kimek is mostly found in: Manus, where 96 percent are found and Madang, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 18 percent are found and Poland, where 14 percent are found.

Kimek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kimek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kimek last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kitmek91162/
Kimeke9116/
Kaimek918/
Kimeck912/
Kijmek911/
Kuimek911/
Kimiek911/
Kimieck8338/
Kiemiek832/
Kimeeke831/
Kimekke831/
Kuimeke831/
Kumek801,207/
Cimek80718/
Kimik80194/
Kemek8026/
Kimec8012/
Kimeg801/
Khimik73321/
Kemeke73113/
Khemek73107/
Kimick7333/
Ketmek7324/
Kimyok7321/
Kümeke737/
Kimike731/
Khumek731/
Kemeak731/
Kemiek731/
Caimek731/
Kiemik731/
Keimeg731/
Kimisk731/
Kimmik730/
Khummek67503/
Kimmick67366/
Khaimyk67153/
Kimkova6738/
Kümmeke6719/
Cimmeck677/
Khismik673/
Kemieck671/
Khoimyk671/
Kismikh671/
Kimhyok671/
Kimicks670/
Kemmeck670/
Keimeig670/

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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
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  • 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 Kimek
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