Rákos Surname

318,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Rákos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rákos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1,0371:9,4661,104
Czechia1321:80,55713,504
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Rakos (948), Rákoš (63), Rakoš (281) & Rakoş (1) are calculated separately.

Rákos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rákos occurs more in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Rakos, Rákoš, Rakoš or Rakoş. For other potential spellings of Rákos click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rákos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 318,279th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,196,893 people. The last name Rákos occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rákos reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 88 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname Rákos is most frequent in Hungary, where it is borne by 1,037 people, or 1 in 9,466. In Hungary Rákos is primarily concentrated in: Zala County, where 25 percent live, Budapest, where 14 percent live and Csongrád County, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Hungary this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 11 percent live and Russia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rakos93948/
Rákoš9363/
Rakoš87281/
Rakoş871/
Rokos801,736/
Rácko8013/
Rákás8011/
Rásko801/
Rákosová77162/
Rokosz733,414/
Roskos731,047/
Raikos73675/
Rokosh73468/
Rokkos73358/
Ragkos73195/
Roukos73161/
Rákász73159/
Ratkos73111/
Rakose7379/
Raykos7366/
Rokose7366/
Rakous7328/
Raskos7325/
Rozkos7321/
Rokoss7317/
Rokous7316/
Rakots7315/
Rakosz7313/
Rackos7312/
Rakosh7310/
Rockos739/
Roikos734/
Rogkos732/
Rokohs731/
Rakoss731/
Rokosc731/
Rokost731/
Rakkos731/
Roko673,629/
Rako672,427/
Roskosz671,052/
Roszkos67224/
Rokosch6792/
Roukous6760/
Rákó6750/
Rakosch6723/
Rougkos6721/
Roskoss6717/
Roukoss676/
Rozkosh675/
Rakkous674/
Rakouse671/
Rachkos671/
Radkosz671/
Reikhos671/
Rockose671/
Rockous671/
Rockosz671/
Rooskos671/
Rockoss671/

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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 Rákos
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