Tek Surname

22,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Tek Surname User-submission:

This is a Turkish surname, meaning 'alone' or 'lonely'.

Tek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey16,3741:4,753686
Indonesia2,0831:63,4906,914
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
Cambodia7001:22,1241,353
India5281:1,452,77555,209
France4761:139,54421,462
United States3911:927,00569,520
Malaysia3751:78,6515,581
Papua New Guinea1931:42,2475,146
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Northern Cyprus1471:2,170263
Singapore1461:37,7241,403
Mexico991:1,253,80014,809
Australia981:275,46624,785
Kenya981:471,22324,622
Germany791:1,019,05669,716
England731:763,26141,903
Belgium701:164,23822,550
Iran621:1,238,42852,776
Thailand561:1,261,399181,528
Brunei491:8,5461,114
Palestine471:96,7846,858
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
South Sudan361:317,085679
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Cameroon321:649,03348,340
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
Jordan261:340,09411,519
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Belize191:18,7091,725
Austria171:500,90847,931
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Yemen141:1,887,52112,953
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Croatia121:352,38432,084
China101:136,732,1577,199
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Afghanistan71:4,593,31223,122
Finland71:785,24338,644
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Bulgaria61:1,163,15137,744
Albania41:728,51420,844
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Nepal41:7,120,23914,461
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guam11:160,1214,893
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

The alternate forms: Ték (8) are calculated separately.

Tek (40,963) may also be a first name.

Tek Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Turkish surname, meaning 'alone' or 'lonely'.

- payiz

Tek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tek (Arabic: تيك, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻚ, Hindi: टेक, Marathi: टेक, Oriya: େଟକ, Tibetan: ཀྲེག་) is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Ték. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 22,416th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 300,778 people. Tek is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Tek reside; 60 percent reside in West Asia and 59 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 21,778th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 40,963 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 16,374 people, or 1 in 4,753. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent live, Ankara Province, where 8 percent live and Izmir Province, where 7 percent live. Other than Turkey Tek exists in 100 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Ethiopia, where 5 percent live.

Tek Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Tek last name is principally Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Tek last name are 2.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.6% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Tek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.13% less than the national average, earning $39,641 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.94% more than the national average, earning $52,635 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ték898/
Teke8640,820/
Teck864,787/
Tekh86711/
Teik86480/
Teak86451/
Teek86321/
Tiek86303/
Thek86278/
Teuk8628/
Tekk8613/
Tedk864/
Ttek861/
Teqk861/
Teyk861/
Dtek861/
Htek861/
Thiek751,209/
Tekke75863/
Tieck75547/
Teike75309/
Theik75193/
Teeke75176/
Theek75149/
Teyke75108/
Theke7595/
Theck7594/
Hteik7578/
Tesck7575/
Theak7533/
Tekhe7523/
Teake7518/
Tecke7517/
Teykh7513/
Thekk7511/
Tekhz7510/
Teick759/
Tezck758/
Teaks757/
Tekht756/
Thetk756/
Thegk753/
Tteck752/
Htiek752/
Teikh752/
Teakk751/
Teakt751/
Tetkh751/
Teuhk751/
Teyck751/
Tegke751/
Teekh751/
Teekz751/
Teksz751/
Dtejk751/
Teaqk751/
Tejck750/
Teuck750/
Tesks750/
Tec6728,769/
Tyk6710,196/
Tik6710,016/
Tex673,747/
Thieck67782/
Thekke67175/
Theeck67169/
Teg67143/
Tekova6788/
Theeke6787/
Teszke6780/
Tettke6760/
Tjk6759/
Tescke6756/
Teshke6739/
Teicke6736/
Tík6735/
Teasck6731/
Teeske6719/
Teq6716/
Theike6714/
Tekcgc679/
Teekhe679/
Teiske674/
Tekowa673/
Teikeh672/
Techke672/
Tedtke671/
Tthekh671/
Teheke671/
Theikh671/
Thheke671/
Thecke671/
Tekpfh671/
Tehcks671/
Theick671/
Teekke671/
Thekhe671/
Theekh671/
Teesck671/
Hteekh671/
Theuck670/
Tethke670/

Tek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻚtk-
Tek in the Hindi language
टेकteka99.4
टेक्tek0.03
Tek in the Oriya language
େଟକetaka95.34
େଟକ୍etak3.81
Tek in the Marathi language
टेकteka95.12
टॉेकtoeka3.25
Tek in the Tibetan language
ཀྲེག་trek75.43
ཀྲིག་trik10.31
ཀྲེཀ་treka7.39
ཀྲེགས་trek4.3
ཀྲེགtrek0.52
ཀྲག་trak0.34
ཏེཆ་་techa0.17
ཀྲེཀtreka0.17
ཏེག་tek0.17
ཀྲེག་་trek0.17
ག་ga0.17
ཀྲིཀ་trika0.17
ཀྲོག་trok0.17
ཏྲེག་trek0.17
ཀྲགས་trak0.17
ཀྲེང་treng0.17
Tek in the Arabic language
تيكtyk-

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