Bakvis Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Bakvis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakvis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1261:134,02520,684
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bakvis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bakvis is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakvis? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bakvis is the 1,527,735th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. Bakvis occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Bakvis are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Bakvis is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 134,025. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 45 percent reside, North Holland, where 27 percent reside and North Brabant, where 17 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands Bakvis exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Backvis925/
Bakhvis921/
Bakhvish86295/
Baykvist861/
Baqvis833/
Bakbis831/
Bakhuis77760/
Bokvist77169/
Backhuis7133/
Bakhuijs7122/
Bakhbeis711/
Backhuijs6780/
Bäckqvist678/
Boykevisch6315/
Bekhuis62675/
Boqvist62661/
Beekhuis571,289/
Beckhuis5759/
Bookvich5712/
Bodqvist5711/
Bäckhuis571/
Bequvais571/
Bookbois571/
Bakhbeesh531/

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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 Bakvis
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