Salek is used as a family name or surname in Iran. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Salek
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Iran
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Salek

How popular is Salek?

Salek is common in Iran.

Salek is ranked 12387 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Saleks grew by 14.082 per cent to 640 since 2000 and ranked 35203 after elevating 2171 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.25 90.91
Hispanic or Latino 3.59 3.39
Salek is quite popular family name mostly used in Bangladesh while Mauritania is ahead in terms of density. Around 42897 people have been found who wears Salek as their family name. Salek is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
5,892 Senegal9
275,830 Ukraine8
2,084 Afghanistan5
11,532 Croatia3
10,329 Pakistan3
19,046 Ireland2
5,318 Iraq2
9,185 Hong Kong2
35,969 Denmark2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
89,020 Tanzania2
95,312 Argentina2
2,152 Niger2
8,657 Lebanon2
9,926 Ivory Coast1
21,562 Portugal1
34,581 Chile1
36,814 Romania1
2,309 Monaco1
2,040 Mali1
17,575 Kuwait1
11,923 Slovenia1
40,340 Malaysia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
8,371 Syria1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
20,172 Hungary1
18,969 Wales1
29,046 Japan1
11,510 Oman1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,461 Netherlands40
12,692 Scotland33
58,491 Australia32
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
8,210 Burkina Faso30
32,811 Sweden29
20,041 New Zealand24
331,856 Russia21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
37,246 Canada87
13,957 Switzerland81
72,056 Italy78
26,687 Belgium59
Countries with hundreds of Salek:
33,281 United States872
7,078 Poland859
2,054 Czech Republic759
19,303 Brazil668
11,594 Algeria536
34,330 Germany303
35,533 France282
16,412 Spain196
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
7,115 Colombia175
8,140 Austria157
6,726 Slovakia155
31,070 Turkey140
7,748 Tunisia132
36,041 England118
72,789 Indonesia116
Countries with thousands of Salek:
160 Mauritania2,563
2,116 Morocco2,349
1,118 Bolivia1,216
30,442 India1,200
Countries with ten thousands of Salek:
865 Bangladesh16,501
924 Iran12,692
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Salek Namesakes

  • Angelica Salek, Actress
  • Angelica Salek, Actress
  • Martina Šalek, Soccer player

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