Glykas Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Glykas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Glykas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece3351:33,0745,160
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Glykas Last Name Facts

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

Glykas is held by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Glykas? popularity and diffusion

Glykas is the 751,291st most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Glykas are found; 88 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

Glykas is most frequent in Greece, where it is held by 335 people, or 1 in 33,074. In Greece it is mostly found in: Attica, where 55 percent reside, North Aegean, where 33 percent reside and South Aegean, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Greece Glykas is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Cyprus, where 0 percent reside.

Glykas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Glykas surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the political party.

Glykas earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.47% less than the national average, earning $34,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Glyka91217/
Glykos83510/
Glekas83127/
Glikas8366/
Glikass771/
Gleckas771/
Glika739/
Glyko732/
Glickaus711/
Glykou67233/
Glikos6745/
Glicas676/
Glycos675/
Glekai675/
Gletka672/
Glysko672/
Glyhko672/
Gleeka671/
Gleaka671/
Glekha671/
Glekaj671/
Glysca670/

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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 Glykas
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