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

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

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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