Norbek Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Norbek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Norbek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Norbek (489) may also be a first name.

Norbek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Norbek (Georgian: ნორბეკ, Russian: Норбек) is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Norbek? popularity and diffusion

Norbek is the 4,034,050th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Norbek occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Norbek reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 384,341st most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 489 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,843,389. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sabah, where 38 percent are found, Selangor, where 31 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 19 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Algeria, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Norbeck921,040/
Noorbek922/
Noorbeek8637/
Noorbeck861/
Nurbek831,918/
Narbek83169/
Norbeg8323/
Norbik8315/
Nerbek834/
Norbec831/
Norbekova801,459/
Norbäck77530/
Neerbek7728/
Norbisk777/
Narbeck773/
Noorbeg771/
Noorbik771/
Nerbeck771/
Naarbek771/
Nurbeck770/
Norrbäck7167/
Norbeque7125/
Naurzbek715/
Norbegue712/
Narbekova673,041/
Nurbekova672,201/
Nurbik679/
Norbikova677/
Nörbäk673/
Norbig672/
Narbik672/
Narvek672/

Norbek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Norbek in the Georgian language
ნორბეკnorbek-
Norbek in the Russian language
Норбекnorbek-

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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 Norbek
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