Remkus Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Remkus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Remkus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2461:1,473,410100,696
Russia671:2,151,090130,958
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Remkus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Remkus (Russian: Ремкус) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Remkus click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Remkus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 849,693rd most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 22,632,130 people. Remkus is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Remkus live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 246 people, or 1 in 1,473,410. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 19 percent are found, Texas, where 12 percent are found and Illinois, where 12 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 21 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent are found.

Remkus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Remkus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Remkus last name expanded 8,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Remkus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Remkus last name are 11.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.44% being registered with the party.

Remkus earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.5% more than the national average, earning $46,816 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Remkeus927/
Rimkus838,278/
Rymkus8362/
Ramkus832/
Rimkuss7728/
Rimkuse773/
Rymkuss772/
Rymkos6715/
Rymkuß679/
Rimkusová671/
Hramcous571/

Remkus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Remkus in the Russian language
Ремкусremkus-

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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 Remkus
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