Cakste Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Cakste Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cakste Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia2171:9,4471,394
Sweden111:895,16066,831
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178

The alternate forms: Čakste (12) are calculated separately.

Cakste Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cakste is found most in Latvia. It can also be rendered as a variant: Čakste. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cakste? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,064,392nd most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name Cakste occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Cakste are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

Cakste is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is carried by 217 people, or 1 in 9,447. In Latvia Cakste is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 87 percent reside, Semigallia, where 11 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Latvia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Čakste9412/
Chakste922/
Kakste8310/
Jakste839/
Jakster771/
Jakstet771/
Jaksteit7160/
Jackstet7117/
Khakster718/
Jakstets712/
Cookster710/
Jacksteit67271/
Jokste67217/
Kacksteit678/
Jasckstet674/
Kaksti672/
Saksti671/
Caxter671/
Cockstter670/

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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 Cakste
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