Mäx Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Mäx Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mäx Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Max (45,020) are calculated separately.

Mäx Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mäx has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Max. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mäx? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mäx is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Mäx live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany Mäx is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 23 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Max8945,020/
Mx8031/
Mex6713,452/
Mix6712,751/
Mux672,095/
Mox671,818/
Mxi67214/
Mxo67175/
Myx6753/
Möx6753/
Mxw678/
Mxu678/
Mxe678/
Mjx677/
Mxy677/
Mhx676/
Mmx676/
Mwx675/
Wmx675/
Méx675/
Mxc674/
Mxa674/
Mxh674/
Hmx674/
Mxx671/

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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 Mäx
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis