Araks Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Araks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Araks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Araks (701) may also be a first name.

Araks Last Name Facts

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

Araks (Arabic: ارقس, Georgian: არაკს, Hindi: आराक्स, Russian: Аракс) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Araks? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Araks occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Araks reside; 33 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 33 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Araks is also the 312,128th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 701 people.

This last name is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 24,020,509. In Russia Araks is mostly found in: Moscow, where 33 percent are found, Bashkortostan Republic, where 17 percent are found and Leningrad Oblast, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Russia Araks occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Armenia, where 14 percent are found and Turkey, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Araksh912/
Arhaks911/
Arakshe831/
Arracks831/
Eraks80130/
Aroks8016/
Arags801/
Areks801/
Harracks7713/
Gauraksh775/
Araksova771/
Arakız7383/
Goraks738/
Garags732/
Ahreks731/
Haracs731/
Haroks730/
Goraksh67338/
Arax6733/
Gauracs672/
Gorakhs672/
Areagsh671/
Ağrakçe671/
Eurauks671/
Garaigs670/

Araks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Araks in the Georgian language
არაკსaraks-
Araks in the Hindi language
आराक्सaraksa-
Araks in the Russian language
Араксaraks-
Araks in the Arabic language
ارقسarqs-
آركسarks-
اركسarks-

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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 Araks
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