Michałek Surname

58,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Michałek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Michałek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland8,5781:4,431487
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Michałek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Michałek is borne by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Michałek? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 58,779th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 848,277 people. Michałek is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Michałek are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

Michałek is most commonly used in Poland, where it is borne by 8,578 people, or 1 in 4,431. Not including Poland Michałek exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 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 Michałek
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