Wylezek Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wylezek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wylezek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:3,095,448105,421
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Wyleżek (15) & Wyležek (2) are calculated separately.

Wylezek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wylezek is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Wyleżek or Wyležek. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wylezek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,373,373rd most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. Wylezek is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Wylezek live; 53 percent live in Northern Europe and 53 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 3,095,448. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Gloucestershire, where 61 percent reside, Greater Manchester, where 22 percent reside and Essex, where 6 percent reside. Apart from England this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 18 percent reside and Poland, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wyleżek9515/
Wyležek952/
Wylezik86101/
Wilezek866/
Wylezyk864/
Wileczek80294/
Wileszek801/
Wilzek77153/
Welzek770/
Wielezeck751/
Wieleczek751/
Wilzeck7145/
Wilszek7113/
Wyleżyk717/
Wyležeková714/
Vylezik713/
Welszek712/
Wilozek712/
Wilejek711/
Bylyzek711/
Wilezik711/
Wyležik711/
Wilzzek711/
Willzek711/
Weilzek710/
Weliesek6710/
Weliszek674/
Wilaczek671/

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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 Wylezek
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