Šek Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Šek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Šek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia1101:22,6154,959
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Sek (63,154), Şek (1), Sék (8) & Sêk (1) are calculated separately.

Šek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Šek is held by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Sek, Şek, Sék or Sêk. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šek? popularity and diffusion

The last name Šek is the 1,628,521st most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Šek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šek live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Šek is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 22,615. In Slovenia Šek is most frequent in: Drava, where 41 percent live, Mura, where 41 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 15 percent live. Apart from Slovenia Šek exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 9 percent live and Lithuania, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sek8963,154/
Şek891/
Šeik8613/
Šeks869/
Sék788/
Sêk781/
Cek675,051/
Šik67382/
Šec6799/
Šeková671/

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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 Šek
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