Salák Surname
Approximately 426 people bear this surname
Salák Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 316 | 1:33,650 | 5,498 |
| Slovakia | 74 | 1:72,114 | 14,005 |
| Hungary | 36 | 1:272,674 | 21,202 |
The alternate forms: Salak (7,944), Šalák (25) & Šalak (17) are calculated separately.
Salák Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salák Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salák occurs more in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Salak, Šalák or Šalak. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Salák? popularity and diffusion
Salák is the 693,669th most numerous surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 17,106,915 people. The last name Salák occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Salák live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
It is most frequent in Czechia, where it is borne by 316 people, or 1 in 33,650. In Czechia Salák is most common in: Plzeň Region, where 26 percent live, Vysočina Region, where 15 percent live and Prague, where 11 percent live. Beside Czechia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 17 percent live and Hungary, 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 Salák
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