Wladek Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Israel

Wladek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wladek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wladek (1,504) may also be a first name.

Wladek Last Name Facts

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

Wladek is held by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wladek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Wladek is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Wladek are found; 53 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 35 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 200,416th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 1,504 people.

The surname is most numerous in Poland, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 6,334,792. Aside from Poland this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 24 percent live and Belarus, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wladeck9212/
Bladek83416/
Wlodek83315/
Vladek8328/
Wlodeck7721/
Blandek772/
Wladick772/
Vladeuk771/
Vlasdeck713/
Vladik67136/
Vladík67133/
Vlodek6788/
Blodek6758/
Włodek6740/
Vladyk6732/
Vládek6726/
Vladeková6721/
Bládek679/
Vladekova671/
Billandek671/
Vladec671/

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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 Wladek
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