Blakes Surname

294,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Blakes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blakes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1911:304,33228,006
England581:960,65648,451
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England781:312,50520,777
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1031:487,56034,505

Blakes (21) may also be a first name.

Blakes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Blakes is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blakes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Blakes is the 294,281st most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 5,618,771 people. The last name Blakes occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Blakes live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. Blakes is also the 2,368,944th most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 21 people.

The surname Blakes is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,191 people, or 1 in 304,332. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 21 percent reside, Louisiana, where 20 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.

Blakes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Blakes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Blakes surname expanded 1,156 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 26 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Blakes Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Anglican (88%) in Ireland.

In The United States Blakes are 0.26% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.97% registered to vote for the party.

Blakes earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.33% less than the national average, earning $31,358 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bleakes9214/
Blaskes925/
Blakeus921/
Blakees921/
Blaikes921/
Blackes921/
Blackest864/
Blackies862/
Blakis8379/
Blakez833/
Blakys832/
Blekes831/
Blokes831/
Blaces830/
Blokesz77194/
Blaskis7765/
Blaques7720/
Blackis7710/
Blokesh773/
Blaskys772/
Blaškys772/
Blaqees771/
Blakisz771/
Blaches771/
Blaketz770/
Blaikis770/
Blakish770/
Blasques71733/
Blokesch71187/
Vlahakes7134/
Blazques7116/
Bellekes7114/
Blackice7110/
Bellakis715/
Blahakis712/
Blackish712/
Blockies711/
Blokiesz711/
Blacques711/
Billaces711/
Billahshkes711/
Blackist710/
Bellaches6764/
Blokeš6751/
Blekis6731/
Blacis673/
Blokesova671/
Blockesch671/

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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 Blakes
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