Flax Surname

138,254th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands

Flax Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flax Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5361:142,92514,816
British Virgin Islands1501:21142
South Africa1151:471,11039,128
England821:679,48938,951
Czechia631:168,78525,447
Argentina521:821,98954,134
Austria371:230,14727,778
Australia351:771,30649,759
Israel291:295,09125,768
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Russia181:8,006,836292,169
United States Virgin Islands151:7,3581,106
Antigua and Barbuda121:8,264893
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
India71:109,580,769786,157
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1261:398,56129,579

Flax (40) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flaux89864/
Flaix893/
Flyax892/
Flaxe891/
Flanx891/
Fillax805/
Flak759,884/
Flas75442/
Flex75296/
Flac75253/
Flag75230/
Flox75213/
Flaß7567/
Flaz7536/
Flaj7522/
Flaš756/
Flaq753/
Flaś751/
Fillaux73125/
Flaxova733/
Flack6717,668/
Flach6712,782/
Flagg679,818/
Flaig676,710/
Flake676,478/
Flash672,298/
Flaus67822/
Flaks67759/
Fliak67711/
Flajs67560/
Flaiz67374/
Fleak67350/
Flasz67309/
Flace67298/
Flakk67187/
Floux67150/
Flais67149/
Flass6778/
Flyak6767/
Flakh6766/
Fleix6764/
Flahs6749/
Flaak6728/
Filliaux6722/
Flias6721/
Flajc6720/
Flays6717/
Flast6714/
Flyag6713/
Fleas6713/
Flacs6712/
Flaas6711/
Filleaux678/
Flauß677/
Flaiş675/
Fleex674/
Flaik674/
Flats674/
Pflag674/
Floxe673/
Flaiß673/
Flacc672/
Flauc672/
Flauk672/
Flaij671/
Flagt671/
Flagz671/
Flakc671/
Flasg671/
Flazz671/
Floex671/
Flact671/
Flyaz671/
Floix671/
Flacq671/
Fleux671/
Flaiš671/
Flagh670/
Flauz670/
Flags670/
Flaug670/
Flayg670/
Fleag670/

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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 Flax
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