Remkes Surname

437,968th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 783 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Remkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Remkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5181:32,6015,437
United States1461:2,482,595151,840
New Zealand641:70,75510,593
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Remkes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Remkes is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Remkes? popularity and diffusion

Remkes is the 437,968th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,307,211 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Remkes live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Remkes is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 518 people, or 1 in 32,601. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Utrecht, where 22 percent reside, North Holland, where 17 percent reside and South Holland, where 17 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands Remkes exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent reside and New Zealand, where 8 percent reside.

Remkes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Remkes last name are 39.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 86.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Remkes earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 15.4% more than the national average, earning $49,792 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.58% less than the national average, earning $46,912 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Remkeus927/
Romkes831,130/
Remkis833/
Ramkes831/
Rimkes831/
Ramkesh7718/
Rimkesh773/
Remques771/
Hrimkes770/
Rimkis6715/
Ramkis671/
Rimches621/
Remquist572/
Raamkish571/
Rimquest570/

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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 Remkes
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