Cognomen Derek (Derek 
, 德里克 
, Дерек 
, and others...) , in all the world, is a common surname. The cognomen Derek is characteristic of Syria, where it is quite a rare surname, Hong Kong, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Indonesia, Syria, and Spain. Much more prevalently, Derek is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Derek | South Africa, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Ghana |
| 德里克 | China |
| Дерек | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| ديريك | Turkey, Iraq, Syria |
| דרק | Israel |
| デレク | Japan |
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john derek American actor, director and photographer (1926-1998), US (b. 1926) |
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bo derek American actress, US (b. 1956) |
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| koloman derek (b. 1905) |
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danielle derek American pornographic actress, US (b. 1981) |
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| sean catherine derek American television producer and writer, US (b. 1953) |
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| arnold derek French journalist, FR (b. 1966) |
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| marta derek researcher, ORCID id # 0000-0002-6174-5837 (b. 1979) |
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| ante derek Ph.D. Stanford University 2006 |
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| jenny derek Australian beauty pageant contestant, AU |
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| marek derek PL (b. 1979) |
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| marta derek (b. 1979) |
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| marek derek (b. 1979) |
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