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Where Does The Last Name Farkas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Farkas (Arabic: فاركاس, Hindi: फारकस, Russian: Фаркас) is found most in Hungary. It may be found as a variant: Farkaš, Farkaş, Farkaś or Farkáš. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Farkas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 5,591^st most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,070 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Farkas reside; 80 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 70 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe. Farkas is also the 446,783^rd most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 377 people.

The last name is most frequent in Hungary, where it is borne by 70,634 people, or 1 in 139. In Hungary Farkas is most frequent in: Budapest, where 14 percent reside, Pest County, where 13 percent reside and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Hungary Farkas is found in 79 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Romania, where 8 percent reside.

Farkas Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Farkas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Farkas surname increased 193,400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 26,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Farkas Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Farkas surname are 6.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.29% being registered with the political party.

The amount Farkas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 16.07% less than the national average, earning €25,204 per year; in Norway they earn 29.24% less than the national average, earning 244,891 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 108.15% more than the national average, earning R 494,652 per year; in United States they earn 7.99% more than the national average, earning $46,596 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.45% more than the national average, earning $54,874 CAD per year.