Arakes Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Arakes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arakes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India181:42,614,743461,117
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

Arakes (159) may also be a first name.

Arakes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Arakes (Hindi: आरकेस, Marathi: आरकेस) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Arakes.

How Common Is The Last Name Arakes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Arakes is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. Arakes is mostly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Arakes are found; 64 percent are found in South Asia and 64 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Arakes is also the 727,628th most common first name in the world It is held by 159 people.

The last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 42,614,743. In India Arakes is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 94 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 6 percent reside. Besides India Arakes exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent reside and Colombia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Harakes9216/
Arakesh922/
Harakesh8622/
Arakis8312/
Araces833/
Orakes831/
Arokes831/
Aerakis77414/
Harakis77109/
Garakis7755/
Araques7738/
Arakhis7736/
Arakish775/
Erakesh772/
Arhakis772/
Harokes770/
Horakese7188/
Arehkesh711/
Eerakesh711/
Horeakes710/
Harokeus710/
Arakız6783/
Arakiz673/
Orokes671/
Aracis671/
Arekis671/

Arakes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arakes in the Hindi language
आरकेसarakesa-
Arakes in the Marathi language
आरकेसarakesa-

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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 Arakes
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