Macholek Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Macholek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Macholek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Macholek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Macholek is carried by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Macholek click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Macholek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Macholek is the 5,587,209th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Macholek are found; 58 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 58 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Poland, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 5,429,821. Not including Poland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

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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 Macholek
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