Walentek Surname

562,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Walentek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walentek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland5051:75,26511,750
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England61:9,286,343223,652
France41:16,605,680368,153
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Walęntek (1) are calculated separately.

Walentek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Walentek is found most in Poland. It can also be found as a variant: Walęntek. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Walentek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Walentek is the 562,869th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,944,131 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Walentek live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Walentek is most prevalent in Poland, where it is borne by 505 people, or 1 in 75,265. Apart from Poland this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Walentek Last Name Statistics demography

Walentek earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,750 USD per year.

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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 Walentek
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