Jõks Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Jõks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jõks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia1041:12,7101,932
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

The alternate forms: Joks (399), Jokś (163) & Jokš (11) are calculated separately.

Jõks Last Name Facts

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

Jõks is found most frequently in Estonia. It can occur as: Joks, Jokś or Jokš. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jõks? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,795,579th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. Jõks occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jõks reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Estonia, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 12,710. Other than Estonia Jõks exists in one country. It is also common in Finland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Joks92399/
Jokś83163/
Jokš8311/
Jaks75683/
Jäks753/
Jõkk751/
Jacks6711,775/
Janks67630/
Jakse67236/
Jocks67230/
Joksz6792/
Jöcks6764/
Jaaks6756/
Jaksz6754/
Jokst6721/
Ojoks6721/
Jooks6713/
Jäcks6711/
Joeks6710/
Jaksh679/
Jakks676/
Jakst674/
Jonks673/
Jakss673/
Jeaks672/
Joksh672/
Jakcs672/
Jaeks672/
Jokss671/
Jokšs671/
Jiaks671/
Jioks671/
Ajoks671/
Jokse671/
Jokhs671/
Jakës671/
Juiks670/
Jeuks670/
Jauks670/

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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 Jõks
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