Funks Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Brazil

Funks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Funks Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Funks Last Name Facts

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

Funks has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Funks? popularity and diffusion

The last name Funks is the 8,193,072nd most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Funks live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Funks is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New Jersey, where 67 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 33 percent live. Beside The United States Funks is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 40 percent live.

Funks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Funks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Funks last name contracted 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Funcks9128/
Founcks830/
Funcs805/
Fungs802/
Vunks800/
Fonks800/
Funchs736/
Foungs730/
Fusings670/
Pfungst670/
Fuggings622/
Vuncs6080/
Fongs604/
Foncs603/
Fungz601/
Vunckx5563/
Phungs552/
Vounckx50262/
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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 Funks
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