Kolek Surname
Approximately 3,370 people bear this surname
Kolek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 782 | 1:463,502 | 39,521 |
| Poland | 754 | 1:50,409 | 7,952 |
| Czechia | 749 | 1:14,197 | 2,063 |
| Slovakia | 270 | 1:19,765 | 3,088 |
| Australia | 160 | 1:168,723 | 17,330 |
| Hungary | 106 | 1:92,606 | 9,092 |
| Germany | 98 | 1:821,484 | 59,964 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| Indonesia | 65 | 1:2,034,603 | 127,068 |
| Malaysia | 47 | 1:627,537 | 30,158 |
| Serbia | 43 | 1:166,162 | 10,980 |
| Croatia | 30 | 1:140,953 | 19,667 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Kölek (17) are calculated separately.
Kolek (1,129) may also be a first name.
Kolek Demographics
Average Kolek Salary in
United States
$46,001 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kolek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolek (Marathi: कोळेक, Russian: Колек) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Kölek. For other possible spellings of Kolek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kolek is the 133,733rd most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,162,477 people. The surname Kolek is predominantly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Kolek live; 56 percent live in Eastern Europe and 53 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Kolek is also the 237,037th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 1,129 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 782 people, or 1 in 463,502. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 13 percent live, New York, where 12 percent live and Texas, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 22 percent live and Czechia, where 22 percent live.
Kolek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kolek surname are 9.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.31% registered with the political party.
The amount Kolek earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 23.51% less than the national average, earning 264,706 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.61% more than the national average, earning $46,001 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.17% more than the national average, earning $53,244 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolek in the Marathi language | ||
| कोळेक | koleka | - |
| Kolek in the Russian language | ||
| Колек | kolek | - |
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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 Kolek
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