Looks Surname

508,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 644 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Looks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Looks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6161:130,69115,911
Liberia151:293,90216,977
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Looks (58) may also be a first name.

Looks Last Name Facts

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

The surname Looks occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Looks? popularity and diffusion

Looks is the 508,499th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 11,316,065 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Looks reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,295,729th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 58 people.

The last name Looks is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 616 people, or 1 in 130,691. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent reside, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 33 percent reside and Berlin, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loocks9129/
Hlooks911/
Lhooks911/
Lookse910/
Loks89452/
Locks803,047/
Louks801,173/
Loeks80357/
Loksz8044/
Loksh8027/
Lokse805/
Loyks804/
Lhoks803/
Loiks802/
Luoks802/
Loksø802/
Loogs801/
Loucks738,710/
Loockx73532/
Lyocks7327/
Loksch7319/
Lotksh731/
Hlocks731/
Lokgse731/
Loykes731/
Laks672,897/
Luks672,743/
Lokś67348/
Loox6723/
Loksova677/
Logs675/
Lūks674/
Loqs672/
Lokz672/
Lõks671/
Loksová671/
Loxs670/

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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 Looks
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