Simek Surname
Approximately 6,004 people bear this surname
Simek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 2,259 | 1:31,270 | 3,125 |
| United States | 1,978 | 1:183,245 | 18,281 |
| Czechia | 514 | 1:20,688 | 3,163 |
| Austria | 345 | 1:24,682 | 3,877 |
| Argentina | 185 | 1:231,045 | 18,899 |
| Australia | 116 | 1:232,722 | 21,885 |
| Germany | 109 | 1:738,582 | 55,640 |
| Canada | 97 | 1:379,851 | 33,859 |
| Turkey | 89 | 1:874,398 | 41,553 |
| Hungary | 50 | 1:196,326 | 16,661 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Slovakia | 37 | 1:144,228 | 26,002 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
The alternate forms: Šimek (8,311) are calculated separately.
Simek (269) may also be a first name.
Simek Demographics
Average Simek Salary in
United States
$47,255 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Simek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Simek (Russian: Симек) occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Šimek. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Simek is the 81,008th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,213,782 people. The last name Simek is predominantly found in Asia, where 39 percent of Simek are found; 38 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 38 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Simek is also the 542,091st most common given name in the world, borne by 269 people.
The surname Simek is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is carried by 2,259 people, or 1 in 31,270. In Thailand Simek is most frequent in: Phetchaburi Province, where 8 percent are found, Ang Thong Province, where 8 percent are found and Nakhon Ratchasima Province, where 7 percent are found. Barring Thailand this surname occurs in 43 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Czechia, where 9 percent are found.
Simek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Simek surname are 21.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.65% being registered with the political party.
The amount Simek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.52% more than the national average, earning $47,255 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.19% more than the national average, earning $61,701 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Simek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Simek in the Russian language | ||
| Симек | simek | - |
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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 Simek
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