Šálek Surname

457,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Šálek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šálek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia6411:16,5892,473
Slovakia981:54,45410,534
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Šalek (197), Sálek (7) & Salek (21,370) are calculated separately.

Šálek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Šálek is found most in Czechia. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Šalek, Sálek or Salek. Click here for other possible spellings of Šálek.

How Common Is The Last Name Šálek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Šálek is the 457,199th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 9,848,035 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šálek live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Czechia, where it is carried by 641 people, or 1 in 16,589. In Czechia Šálek is primarily concentrated in: Central Bohemian Region, where 15 percent live, South Moravian Region, where 14 percent live and Olomouc Region, where 12 percent live. Beside Czechia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 13 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šalek93197/
Sálek937/
Salek8721,370/
Šulek801,195/
Šolek8048/
Šúlek8042/
Žálek8024/
Šelek8023/
Šálka8017/
Šilek805/
Šáleková7766/
Zsálek73146/
Šuljek738/
Šialek731/
Šálková67571/
Šileika67507/
Zálecká678/
Šileiko675/
Zálecký673/
Šalk672/
Šuleiko671/
Šilk671/
Šileikė671/
Šaleika671/
Šolk671/

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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 Šálek
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