Zirek Surname
Approximately 5,363 people bear this surname
Zirek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 4,186 | 1:18,591 | 2,241 |
| Algeria | 999 | 1:38,670 | 6,994 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Zirek (176) may also be a first name.
Zirek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zirek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zirek (Russian: Зирек) occurs most in Turkey. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Zirek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zirek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 89,476th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,358,856 people. The surname Zirek occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Zirek are found; 71 percent are found in West Asia and 71 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Zirek is also the 687,834th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 176 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 4,186 people, or 1 in 18,591. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent live, Hakkari Province, where 14 percent live and Gaziantep Province, where 12 percent live. Outside of Turkey this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 19 percent live and Morocco, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zirek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zirek in the Russian language | ||
| Зирек | zirek | - |
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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 Zirek
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