Krek Surname
Approximately 1,467 people bear this surname
Krek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 446 | 1:323,146 | 32,615 |
| Slovenia | 392 | 1:6,346 | 1,357 |
| United States | 205 | 1:1,768,092 | 116,364 |
| Belarus | 176 | 1:53,983 | 9,191 |
| Hungary | 38 | 1:258,323 | 20,391 |
| Ukraine | 35 | 1:1,300,648 | 109,855 |
| Kazakhstan | 26 | 1:680,096 | 45,825 |
| Croatia | 24 | 1:176,192 | 22,291 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 18 | 1:331,814 | 28,558 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13 | 1:272,031 | 12,264 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Montenegro | 6 | 1:106,594 | 4,599 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
The alternate forms: Křek (42) are calculated separately.
Krek (109) may also be a first name.
Krek Demographics
Average Krek Salary in
United States
$33,219 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Krek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Krek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Krek (Russian: Крек) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Křek. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Krek? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 266,468th most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,967,652 people. Krek is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Krek live; 40 percent live in Eastern Europe and 37 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Krek is also the 900,062nd most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 109 people.
This surname is most common in Russia, where it is held by 446 people, or 1 in 323,146. In Russia it is most numerous in: Moscow, where 21 percent live, Saint Petersburg, where 10 percent live and Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 9 percent live. Aside from Russia this surname occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
Krek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Krek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Krek last name expanded 1,281 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Krek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Krek surname is principally Orthodox (73%) in Russia, Orthodox (70%) in Belarus and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Krek last name are 8.17% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 38.6% registered with the political party.
The amount Krek earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 23.01% less than the national average, earning $33,219 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.04% more than the national average, earning $67,090 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Krek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Krek in the Russian language | ||
| Крек | krek | - |
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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 Krek
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