Kakos Surname
Approximately 1,912 people bear this surname
Kakos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 658 | 1:550,849 | 45,535 |
| Greece | 635 | 1:17,448 | 2,455 |
| Iraq | 152 | 1:230,406 | 5,073 |
| Czechia | 137 | 1:77,617 | 13,012 |
| Russia | 92 | 1:1,566,555 | 105,717 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Ukraine | 27 | 1:1,686,026 | 128,013 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Cyprus | 26 | 1:34,034 | 3,767 |
| Lebanon | 23 | 1:245,091 | 9,209 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
The alternate forms: Kákos (51), Kakoš (34), Kàkos (1) & Kákoš (172) are calculated separately.
Kakos (240) may also be a first name.
Kakos Demographics
Average Kakos Salary in
United States
$48,260 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kakos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kakos (Georgian: კაკოს, Marathi: काकोस, Russian: Какос) occurs most in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms: Kákos, Kakoš, Kàkos or Kákoš. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakos? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 215,000th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,811,478 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 49 percent of Kakos live; 35 percent live in North America and 35 percent live in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 577,234th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 240 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 658 people, or 1 in 550,849. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 36 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Illinois, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 41 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 33 percent reside and Iraq, where 8 percent reside.
Kakos Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Kakos last name are 5.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kakos earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 11.85% more than the national average, earning $48,260 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.7% more than the national average, earning $56,984 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kakos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kakos in the Georgian language | ||
| კაკოს | kakos | - |
| Kakos in the Marathi language | ||
| काकोस | kakosa | - |
| Kakos in the Russian language | ||
| Какос | kakos | - |
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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 Kakos
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