Carques Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Carques Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carques Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1301:359,63120,401
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
France41:16,605,680368,153
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Carqués (4) & Carquès (1) are calculated separately.

Carques Last Name Facts

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

The surname Carques is found in Spain more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Carqués or Carquès. Click here for further possible spellings of Carques.

How Common Is The Last Name Carques? popularity and diffusion

Carques is the 1,398,030th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Carques reside; 84 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 83 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The last name Carques is most prevalent in Spain, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 359,631. In Spain Carques is mostly concentrated in: Madrid, where 45 percent reside, Extremadura, where 23 percent reside and Catalonia, where 17 percent reside. Barring Spain this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 10 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Carqués954/
Carquès951/
Carquest9313/
Carqueus932/
Carque92133/
Carquez86304/
Carquet86169/
Carquis8644/
Carquex8643/
Cargues8617/
Cearque864/
Karques861/
Carquist804/
Carces7725/
Carqui7717/
Karque7717/
Cargue7715/
Carqua775/
Corque775/
Carqué771/
Carkes771/
Qarque771/
Carquio7117/
Carguez7115/
Karquet7112/
Carkees718/
Corquez714/
Karnque712/
Qarqesh712/
Carquiz711/
Quarque711/
Corquer711/
Corquet711/
Carngue711/
Courque711/
Carguis711/
Karqueh711/
Karquer711/
Karquis711/
Cárquez711/
Ceargue711/
Carquéz711/
Querques67228/
Courquet67198/
Cargouet67154/
Carcouet67129/
Carke6725/
Qarqeesh6723/
Karnquee6723/
Carce6717/
Carquaix673/
Quarquer672/
Karquist672/
Karquieh671/
Courgues671/

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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 Carques
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