Flax Surname
Approximately 3,237 people bear this surname
Flax Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,536 | 1:142,925 | 14,816 |
| British Virgin Islands | 150 | 1:211 | 42 |
| South Africa | 115 | 1:471,110 | 39,128 |
| England | 82 | 1:679,489 | 38,951 |
| Czechia | 63 | 1:168,785 | 25,447 |
| Argentina | 52 | 1:821,989 | 54,134 |
| Austria | 37 | 1:230,147 | 27,778 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Israel | 29 | 1:295,091 | 25,768 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 15 | 1:7,358 | 1,106 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 26 | 1:937,514 | 38,808 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 126 | 1:398,561 | 29,579 |
Flax (40) may also be a first name.
Flax Demographics
Average Male Flax Height
175.92 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Flax Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Flax Come From? nationality or country of origin
Flax is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Flax.
How Common Is The Last Name Flax? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 138,254th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,251,327 people. The last name Flax occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Flax live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 40 people.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 2,536 people, or 1 in 142,925. In The United States it is most frequent in: Kansas, where 14 percent reside, Maryland, where 13 percent reside and New York, where 12 percent reside. Not including The United States Flax occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in The British Virgin Islands, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.
Flax Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Flax has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Flax last name increased 2,013 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 315 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Flax Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Flax last name are 40.07% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.3% being registered with the political party.
The amount Flax earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 44.55% more than the national average, earning R 343,512 per year; in United States they earn 17.63% more than the national average, earning $50,756 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.82% more than the national average, earning $66,485 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flaux | 89 | 864 | / |
| Flaix | 89 | 3 | / |
| Flyax | 89 | 2 | / |
| Flaxe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Flanx | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fillax | 80 | 5 | / |
| Flak | 75 | 9,884 | / |
| Flas | 75 | 442 | / |
| Flex | 75 | 296 | / |
| Flac | 75 | 253 | / |
| Flag | 75 | 230 | / |
| Flox | 75 | 213 | / |
| Flaß | 75 | 67 | / |
| Flaz | 75 | 36 | / |
| Flaj | 75 | 22 | / |
| Flaš | 75 | 6 | / |
| Flaq | 75 | 3 | / |
| Flaś | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fillaux | 73 | 125 | / |
| Flaxova | 73 | 3 | / |
| Flack | 67 | 17,668 | / |
| Flach | 67 | 12,782 | / |
| Flagg | 67 | 9,818 | / |
| Flaig | 67 | 6,710 | / |
| Flake | 67 | 6,478 | / |
| Flash | 67 | 2,298 | / |
| Flaus | 67 | 822 | / |
| Flaks | 67 | 759 | / |
| Fliak | 67 | 711 | / |
| Flajs | 67 | 560 | / |
| Flaiz | 67 | 374 | / |
| Fleak | 67 | 350 | / |
| Flasz | 67 | 309 | / |
| Flace | 67 | 298 | / |
| Flakk | 67 | 187 | / |
| Floux | 67 | 150 | / |
| Flais | 67 | 149 | / |
| Flass | 67 | 78 | / |
| Flyak | 67 | 67 | / |
| Flakh | 67 | 66 | / |
| Fleix | 67 | 64 | / |
| Flahs | 67 | 49 | / |
| Flaak | 67 | 28 | / |
| Filliaux | 67 | 22 | / |
| Flias | 67 | 21 | / |
| Flajc | 67 | 20 | / |
| Flays | 67 | 17 | / |
| Flast | 67 | 14 | / |
| Flyag | 67 | 13 | / |
| Fleas | 67 | 13 | / |
| Flacs | 67 | 12 | / |
| Flaas | 67 | 11 | / |
| Filleaux | 67 | 8 | / |
| Flauß | 67 | 7 | / |
| Flaiş | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fleex | 67 | 4 | / |
| Flaik | 67 | 4 | / |
| Flats | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pflag | 67 | 4 | / |
| Floxe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Flaiß | 67 | 3 | / |
| Flacc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Flauc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Flauk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Flaij | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flagt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flagz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flakc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flasg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flazz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Floex | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flact | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flyaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Floix | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flacq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fleux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flaiš | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flagh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Flauz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Flags | 67 | 0 | / |
| Flaug | 67 | 0 | / |
| Flayg | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fleag | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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- 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 Flax
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