Family name Aek (เอนก 
, Aek 
, เอก ) , globally, is a common last name. The cognomen Aek is characteristic of Algeria, where it is quite a common surname, Thailand, where it is a rare surname, and Greece. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Algeria, Indonesia, and Thailand. More prevalently, Aek is the forename as well as the last name.