Iraklis Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Iraklis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Iraklis 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
Greece1071:103,54917,425
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Iraklis (8,955) may also be a first name.

Iraklis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iraklis (Georgian: ირაკლის) occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iraklis? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,691,963rd most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name Iraklis occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Iraklis live; 93 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent live in Helleno-Europe. Iraklis is also the 65,933rd most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 8,955 people.

This surname is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 103,549. In Greece it is mostly concentrated in: Central Macedonia, where 69 percent live, Attica, where 24 percent live and Central Greece, where 4 percent live. Excluding Greece it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 3 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.

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
Eraklis8622/
Ieroklis8021/
Irakleus803/
Geraklis801/
Heracklis7523/
Eraclis7116/
Gerakellis7116/
Iracles711/
Heraclis671/
Hereklis671/
Erakleoys632/
Eracles5717/
Heracles5342/
Héraclès532/
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Iraklis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iraklis in the Georgian language
ირაკლისiraklis-

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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 Iraklis
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