Junks Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Dominica

Junks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Junks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil581:3,690,937102,732
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Dominica11:75,891912
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Junks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Junks is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Junks click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Junks? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,185,341st most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Junks are found; 77 percent are found in South America and 77 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 3,690,937. In Brazil it is most common in: Santa Catarina, where 90 percent reside, Paraná, where 5 percent reside and São Paulo, where 5 percent reside. Not including Brazil Junks occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Junks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Junks has changed through the years. In The United States it contracted 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Juncks9182/
Jungs8080/
Iunks806/
Jonks803/
Sunks802/
Jungst73209/
Joenks7352/
Oyunks7341/
Iuncks7317/
Sungks731/
Junchs731/
Jungsh731/
Jumngs730/
Jungse730/
Joncks730/
Joungs730/
Junx672/
Oyusnks671/
Juingst670/

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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 Junks
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