Räk Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Estonia

Räk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Räk Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178

Räk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Räk is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Räk click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Räk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,307,654th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Räk live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Räk is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 4,025,273. In Germany Räk is most frequent in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 75 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 5 percent live. Other than Germany Räk is found in one country. It also occurs in Estonia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Räke86241/
Räck86176/
Räkk868/
Rähk861/
Räcke75163/
Rätke7537/
Rädke7533/
Rähke751/
Rek676,315/
Ryk672,496/
Rik672,309/
Räthke6776/
Rjk6749/
Rök6714/
Rék6713/
Rädtke671/
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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 Räk
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