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
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Flax Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Flax Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Flax is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Flax? popularity and diffusion
It is the 138,254th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 2,251,327 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Flax are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Flax is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 40 people.
Flax is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 2,536 people, or 1 in 142,925. In The United States Flax is most frequent in: Kansas, where 14 percent live, Maryland, where 13 percent live and New York, where 12 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 39 countries. It is also common in The British Virgin Islands, where 5 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.
Flax Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Flax has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Flax surname expanded 2,013 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 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 with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.3% being registered with the 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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