Recs Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Recs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 54 | 1:37,964 | 5,774 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Rečs (1) are calculated separately.
Recs (33) may also be a first name.
Recs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Recs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Recs occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Rečs. For other potential spellings of Recs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Recs? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,152,526th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name Recs is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Recs reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 70 percent reside in Baltic Europe. It is also the 1,807,719th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 33 people.
The surname Recs is most frequent in Latvia, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 37,964. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Latgale, where 46 percent reside, Vidzeme, where 20 percent reside and Riga Planning Region, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Latvia this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
Recs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Recs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Recs surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Recs
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