Bookes Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Bookes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bookes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Bookes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bookes occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bookes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Bookes are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England Bookes is mostly found in: Staffordshire, where 33 percent live, Wiltshire, where 33 percent live and City of Bristol, where 33 percent live. Excluding England Bookes occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Bookes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bookes has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Bookes last name fell 87 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bokes9130/
Bhookesh866/
Bokese83452/
Bockes83278/
Boukes83248/
Bokkes8348/
Bokesh8335/
Bokies8331/
Bookis8325/
Bokeas8315/
Boekes8314/
Boskes8314/
Bokesz839/
Bookys831/
Bokeus831/
Bokges831/
Bookex830/
Bokess830/
Bokesch77257/
Boukesh77200/
Bokkies77169/
Boikess7741/
Boikese774/
Boukhes772/
Bokesse772/
Boukess771/
Boudkes771/
Boukeas771/
Boukeus771/
Bokeshe771/
Boykeis770/
Bockess770/
Bojkese770/
Bockets770/
Boickes770/
Bouckes770/
Bockest770/
Bakes731,806/
Bukes73311/
Bokis73243/
Boces73199/
Bokys731/
Bokesová7118/
Boukesse719/
Boekesch716/
Bokesova714/
Boudkess711/
Bokesshe711/
Boshkesh711/
Beukes6739,063/
Backes6721,657/
Bakese671,034/
Bakkes671,024/
Boukis67752/
Bakesh67425/
Buskes67344/
Bakies67312/
Boches67178/
Bakeas67151/
Bokish67118/
Bukesh67112/
Bokisz6795/
Baakes6789/
Vockes6759/
Bockis6746/
Buikes6744/
Baukes6744/
Buckes6738/
Bokios6736/
Boykis6732/
Bukies6729/
Bokeshova6727/
Bokiss6725/
Bakeis6724/
Bocois6722/
Boques6718/
Bakesz6712/
Bakhes6712/
Boskys679/
Bocces678/
Buykes677/
Bhukes677/
Bokysh677/
Boukheiss676/
Budkes676/
Boyces675/
Botkis674/
Bagkes674/
Bukese674/
Bokkis673/
Batkes673/
Bukejs673/
Bazkes672/
Butkes672/
Bouces672/
Boices671/
Bhakes671/
Bakees671/
Bokais671/
Bokijs671/
Bokise671/
Bouqes671/
Bosqes671/
Bakets671/
Bakest670/
Bukess670/
Vookis670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bookes
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