MacHelak Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

MacHelak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

MacHelak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1841:206,56927,445
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
France11:66,422,722504,397

MacHelak Last Name Facts

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

MacHelak is held by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name MacHelak? popularity and diffusion

The surname MacHelak is the 1,136,896th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. MacHelak is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of MacHelak are found; 87 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 87 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Poland, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 206,569. Outside of Poland this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacElak937/
Macielak8890/
Macholak8883/
MacHalak8832/
Mechelak883/
Machilak881/
Magelak803/
Mazelak801/
Makielak75110/
MacIelag7562/
Mascilak7543/
Machalag7524/
Mazeliak753/
Mochalak752/
Macilack751/
Machalok751/
Masielak751/
Makhailak712/
Mechalakh711/
Mechelouk711/
Mhashilak711/
MacHaleik711/
Mozelak6744/
Masilak6719/
Mecheloukh672/
Moxelak671/
Makilak671/

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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 MacHelak
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