Korek Surname
Approximately 1,416 people bear this surname
Korek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 908 | 1:41,860 | 6,562 |
| United States | 129 | 1:2,809,759 | 166,838 |
| Germany | 93 | 1:865,650 | 62,206 |
| Hungary | 46 | 1:213,397 | 17,734 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Ukraine | 19 | 1:2,395,931 | 155,639 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Korek (83) may also be a first name.
Korek Demographics
Average Korek Salary in
United States
$55,965 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Korek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Korek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻙ, Marathi: कोरॅक, Russian: Корек) is held by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Korek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Korek is the 274,373rd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,146,572 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Korek reside; 69 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 64 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Korek is also the 1,052,971st most numerous first name internationally, borne by 83 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Poland, where it is borne by 908 people, or 1 in 41,860. Other than Poland this surname exists in 30 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.
Korek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Korek last name are 27.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80.56% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Korek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 29.7% more than the national average, earning $55,965 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.59% more than the national average, earning $58,919 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Korek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Korek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﻙ | kwrk | - |
| Korek in the Marathi language | ||
| कोरॅक | koreka | - |
| Korek in the Russian language | ||
| Корек | korek | - |
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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 Korek
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