Zalak Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Zalak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| Afghanistan | 27 | 1:1,190,859 | 10,584 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
The alternate forms: Žalák (33) are calculated separately.
Zalak (1,813) may also be a first name.
Zalak Demographics
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Zalak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zalak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zalak (Bengali: ঝলক, Hindi: झलक, Marathi: झलक) is most common in The United States. It can also be found as a variant: Žalák. Click here to see other possible spellings of Zalak.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalak? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,189,614th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Zalak are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 48 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 179,326th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 1,813 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 3,815,357. In The United States Zalak is most frequent in: New York, where 72 percent live, Illinois, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 4 percent live. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 24 percent live and Afghanistan, where 14 percent live.
Zalak Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Zalak surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.33% registered with the political party.
Zalak earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.43% more than the national average, earning $56,712 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zalak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zalak in the Bengali language | ||
| ঝলক | jhalaka | - |
| Zalak in the Hindi language | ||
| झलक | jhalaka | - |
| Zalak in the Marathi language | ||
| झलक | jhalaka | 66.67 |
| झळक | jhalaka | 30.6 |
| ज़लक | zalaka | 1.64 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Zalak
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