Puks Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Puks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia651:20,3353,530
Latvia161:128,12818,914
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Pūks (2) & Püks (2) are calculated separately.

Puks Last Name Facts

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

Puks (Russian: Пукс) is found most frequently in Estonia. It may appear as a variant: Pūks or Püks. Click here to see other potential spellings of Puks.

How Common Is The Last Name Puks? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,755,741st most widely held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Puks is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Puks reside; 76 percent reside in Northern Europe and 74 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The surname Puks is most frequently held in Estonia, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 20,335. Not including Estonia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 15 percent live and Russia, where 11 percent live.

Puks Last Name Statistics demography

Puks earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 16.68% less than the national average, earning 288,343 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pūks922/
Püks922/
Pucks8986/
Pukse8943/
Pukst895/
Pauks891/
Pouks891/
Puksh891/
Pusks890/
Paukst8030/
Paukss803/
Poks75435/
Piks7584/
Pugs7510/
Puqs751/
Pauksch7381/
Pauksht7320/
Paukszt7318/
Puksová739/
Puksova735/
Pouksse731/
Paukshe731/
Paucksch6747/
Pucse6737/
Picks6718/
Pugss6718/
Paucs6711/
Poksh679/
Pusxz677/
Pooks676/
Pukshova675/
Pikss674/
Paukš673/
Pougs672/
Puchs672/
Pikks672/
Pocks672/
Pogks671/
Pusxh671/
Puscs671/
Pikšs671/
Pikhs671/
Puccs671/
Piqus670/
Puggs670/
Pugse670/

Puks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puks in the Russian language
Пуксpuks-

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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 Puks
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