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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 held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Ték. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tek? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Tek is the 22,416^th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 300,778 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Tek live; 60 percent live in West Asia and 59 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 21,778^th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 40,963 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is held 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. Without taking into account Turkey this last name is found in 100 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Ethiopia, where 5 percent live.

Tek Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the 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 with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.6% registered with 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.