Menek Surname
Approximately 2,264 people bear this surname
Menek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,967 | 1:39,564 | 4,102 |
| Indonesia | 157 | 1:842,352 | 63,704 |
| Russia | 47 | 1:3,066,448 | 164,949 |
| Northern Cyprus | 16 | 1:19,938 | 5,097 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Menek (500) may also be a first name.
Menek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Menek (Marathi: मॅनेक, Oriya: େମେନକ, Russian: Менек) is found most frequently in Turkey. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Menek? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 186,929th most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,218,881 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Menek live; 76 percent live in West Asia and 76 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Menek is also the 379,225th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, borne by 500 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,967 people, or 1 in 39,564. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Denizli Province, where 30 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 13 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 8 percent reside. Barring Turkey this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 7 percent reside and Russia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menek in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେନକ | emenaka | - |
| Menek in the Marathi language | ||
| मॅनेक | meneka | - |
| Menek in the Russian language | ||
| Менек | menek | - |
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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 Menek
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