Poulakakis Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Poulakakis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 147 | 1:75,373 | 12,701 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Poulakakis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poulakakis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poulakakis is found most frequently in Greece. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poulakakis? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poulakakis is the 1,391,595th most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. Poulakakis is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Poulakakis live; 94 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
It is most frequently used in Greece, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 75,373. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: Crete, where 67 percent reside, Attica, where 21 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 12 percent reside. Barring Greece Poulakakis occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pouliakakis | 95 | 1 | / |
| Poulakakos | 90 | 23 | / |
| Boulakakis | 90 | 21 | / |
| Poulekakis | 90 | 1 | / |
| Plakakis | 89 | 71 | / |
| Poulikakos | 80 | 151 | / |
| Palaskakis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Plagakis | 78 | 148 | / |
| Placakis | 78 | 25 | / |
| Pelkakis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bouloukakis | 76 | 29 | / |
| Pelekakis | 74 | 50 | / |
| Balakakis | 74 | 29 | / |
| Palagakis | 74 | 1 | / |
| Plagkas | 71 | 2 | / |
| Poulicakos | 70 | 52 | / |
| Pouliagkos | 70 | 18 | / |
| Paloukakos | 70 | 4 | / |
| Pelakaukas | 70 | 1 | / |
| Palagkas | 67 | 131 | / |
| Pliagkas | 67 | 37 | / |
| Belkakis | 67 | 12 | / |
| Balkakis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plagakos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paulqkis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pollakowksi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Polakiewics | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Poulakakis
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