Felks Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Belize

Felks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Felks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
United States1141:3,179,464183,182
England241:2,321,58686,519
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belize11:355,4743,977
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Felks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Felks is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Felks? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 980,795th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. Felks is predominantly found in Africa, where 46 percent of Felks are found; 46 percent are found in North Africa and 46 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The last name Felks is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Other than Egypt Felks exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 43 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Felks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Felks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Felks last name rose 1,140 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 109 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Felks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Felks surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the party.

Felks earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.73% less than the national average, earning $27,301 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Felkse911/
Flks893/
Fleks8081/
Velks8012/
Filks8011/
Felxs801/
Flecks73163/
Phelks734/
Fielgs732/
Felkch731/
Felx67229/
Voelcks672/
Vlks672/
Flcs671/

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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 Felks
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