Külek Surname
Approximately 872 people bear this surname
Külek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 870 | 1:89,450 | 8,020 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
The alternate forms: Kulek (601) are calculated separately.
Külek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Külek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Külek (Bengali: কুলেক, Marathi: कुळेक) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Kulek. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Külek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Külek is the 402,505th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 8,357,277 people. Külek occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Külek live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 870 people, or 1 in 89,450. In Turkey Külek is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 25 percent reside, Gaziantep Province, where 24 percent reside and Kahramanmaras Province, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Turkey this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent reside and Azerbaijan, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kulek | 93 | 601 | / |
| Kolek | 80 | 3,370 | / |
| Kilek | 80 | 84 | / |
| Külec | 80 | 17 | / |
| Kollek | 73 | 1,111 | / |
| Kuleke | 73 | 990 | / |
| Kielek | 73 | 657 | / |
| Kholek | 73 | 183 | / |
| Kuleck | 73 | 91 | / |
| Kaulek | 73 | 72 | / |
| Kolhek | 73 | 21 | / |
| Keulek | 73 | 16 | / |
| Kullek | 73 | 9 | / |
| Külick | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kutlek | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kileck | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kuliek | 73 | 2 | / |
| Koleak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koleik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuleek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koliek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuleik | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kolleck | 67 | 352 | / |
| Kulleck | 67 | 19 | / |
| Keuleuk | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kouleke | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kutleak | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kieleck | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kulleik | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kulleke | 67 | 0 | / |
Külek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Külek in the Bengali language | ||
| কুলেক | kuleka | - |
| Külek in the Marathi language | ||
| कुळेक | kuleka | - |
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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 Külek
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