Balakakis Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Balakakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balakakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece271:410,36354,524
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Balakakis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Balakakis occurs most in Greece. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Balakakis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. Balakakis is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Balakakis are found; 93 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

It is most frequently held in Greece, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 410,363. In Greece Balakakis is most common in: Attica, where 96 percent live and Central Greece, where 4 percent live. Not including Greece this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

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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 Balakakis
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