Darkes Surname

537,454th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 599 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Darkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Darkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2611:213,47918,261
United States2151:1,685,856112,021
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Wales271:114,6128,773
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Scotland71:764,83125,488
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England691:353,26622,372
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States591:851,16452,255

Darkes (31) may also be a first name.

Darkes Last Name Facts

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

Darkes (Russian: Даркес) is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Darkes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 537,454th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,166,187 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Darkes reside; 49 percent reside in Northern Europe and 49 percent reside in British Isles. Darkes is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 31 people.

Darkes is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 213,479. In England Darkes is most common in: West Midlands, where 23 percent live, Worcestershire, where 12 percent live and Northamptonshire, where 11 percent live. Other than England this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Darkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Darkes has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 378 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 364 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Darkes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Darkes last name are 20.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.31% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Darkes earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 25.84% more than the national average, earning R 299,040 per year; in United States they earn 5.14% less than the national average, earning $40,931 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.83% less than the national average, earning $48,278 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Darkies927/
Darkese926/
Darkess921/
Darkis83410/
Dörkes83174/
Derkes8379/
Darces8351/
Dorkes8325/
Darqes831/
Darkys831/
Darkquest800/
Darques77888/
Doerkes7718/
Darches7717/
Derkies7717/
Daurces7711/
Derkesh779/
Darrkis772/
Darkish772/
Deerkes771/
Darqesh771/
Derrkes770/
Dorkess770/
Darkiss770/
Darquest7153/
Darquies718/
Darqueis711/
D'Arches711/
Darcques711/
Darcis67512/
Derkez6727/
Derkis6713/
Dorkis673/
Darcez671/
Dorces671/
Darqis671/

Darkes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Darkes in the Russian language
Даркесdarkes-

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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 Darkes
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