Çek Surname
Approximately 1,169 people bear this surname
Çek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,142 | 1:68,145 | 6,382 |
| Northern Cyprus | 21 | 1:15,191 | 3,865 |
| Kosovo | 4 | 1:465,467 | 10,032 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Cek (5,051) & Ček (18) are calculated separately.
Çek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Çek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Çek occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Cek or Ček. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Çek? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 319,816th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 6,234,000 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Çek live; 78 percent live in West Asia and 78 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
Çek is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,142 people, or 1 in 68,145. In Turkey Çek is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 29 percent live, Corum Province, where 9 percent live and Adana Province, where 5 percent live. Besides Turkey this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 2 percent live and Kosovo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Çek
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