Jakš Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Jakš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 259 | 1:41,056 | 6,805 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Jaks (683) & Jakś (189) are calculated separately.
Jakš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jakš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jakš (Hindi: जक्स) is found most frequently in Czechia. It may also occur as: Jaks or Jakś. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jakš.
How Common Is The Last Name Jakš? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 973,426th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. Jakš occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jakš live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The last name Jakš is most widely held in Czechia, where it is borne by 259 people, or 1 in 41,056. In Czechia Jakš is most frequent in: South Moravian Region, where 29 percent reside, South Bohemian Region, where 17 percent reside and Moravian-Silesian Region, where 13 percent reside. Beside Czechia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 2 percent reside and Slovenia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jakš Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jakš in the Hindi language | ||
| जक्स | jaksa | - |
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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 Jakš
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