Szymek Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Szymek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Szymek 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
Poland1381:275,42633,676
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Szymek (1,325) may also be a first name.

Szymek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Szymek occurs most in Poland. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Szymek.

How Common Is The Last Name Szymek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,328,442nd most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Szymek reside; 82 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 82 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Szymek is also the 215,847th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 1,325 people.

The last name is most common in Poland, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 275,426. Apart from Poland it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

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
Szymeck922/
Zymek91397/
Symek9111/
Szymik832,190/
Symekh8337/
Shymek8322/
Zaymek839/
Zymeck836/
Saymek833/
Szemek831/
Szymiec77527/
Schymek772/
Szymayk771/
Szymaik771/
Szemeck771/
Simek736,004/
Cymek73496/
Zimek73455/
Semek73145/
Symyk7395/
Symik7335/
Zymik736/
Symex731/
Szemetke711/
Shimek672,391/
Siemek671,436/
Saimek67662/
Syomik67389/
Szemik67279/
Zimmek67148/
Shemek67121/
Symiec67106/
Simeck67103/
Shymyk6752/
Semeke6748/
Szymiková6735/
Seemek6727/
Semeck6722/
Zemeck6720/
Zemmek6714/
Syomyk679/
Zimeck677/
Simekh676/
Cymmek676/
Semekh672/
Zeemek672/
Shymex671/
Shymik671/
Simesk671/
Semiek671/
Symick671/
Simeke671/
Sismek671/
Seamek671/
Sysmex671/
Szymikova671/
Simmek671/
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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 Szymek
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