Loakes Surname

495,028th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 667 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Israel

Loakes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Loakes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3931:141,77613,759
Israel1081:79,2379,601
Australia1051:257,10223,526
United States491:7,397,121336,459
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1301:187,50315,253
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Loakes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Loakes is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Loakes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Loakes is the 495,028th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 10,925,856 people. The surname Loakes is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Loakes reside; 60 percent reside in Northern Europe and 60 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 393 people, or 1 in 141,776. In England it is most prevalent in: Leicestershire, where 25 percent reside, Northamptonshire, where 17 percent reside and Cambridgeshire, where 10 percent reside. Besides England this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 16 percent reside and Australia, where 16 percent reside.

Loakes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Loakes has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Loakes surname increased 302 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 2,450 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Loakes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Loakes surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Loakes earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 80.73% more than the national average, earning $77,982 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
L'Oakes921/
Loaces83984/
Lohaces775/
Laokees771/
Loaches771/
Laoukes771/
Logiakis7130/
Louakeche671/
Loàces671/
Louakheche632/

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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 Loakes
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