Shakes Surname
Approximately 1,608 people bear this surname
Shakes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 500 | 1:5,740 | 734 |
| United States | 435 | 1:833,239 | 63,771 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| England | 172 | 1:323,942 | 24,037 |
| Canada | 86 | 1:428,437 | 37,472 |
| Australia | 70 | 1:385,653 | 31,598 |
| New Zealand | 62 | 1:73,037 | 10,843 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 24 | 1:1,015,640 | 40,589 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Shakes (368) may also be a first name.
Shakes Demographics
Average Shakes Salary in
United States
$43,171 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shakes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shakes (Arabic: شيكس, Hindi: शाकेस, Marathi: शाकेस) is held by more people in Jamaica than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shakes.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 247,354th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,532,056 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Shakes reside; 33 percent reside in Caribbean and 32 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Shakes is also the 453,251st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 368 people.
The last name Shakes is most widely held in Jamaica, where it is carried by 500 people, or 1 in 5,740. In Jamaica Shakes is mostly concentrated in: Cornwall County, where 61 percent are found, Middlesex County, where 20 percent are found and Surrey County, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Jamaica Shakes exists in 39 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Egypt, where 11 percent are found.
Shakes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shakes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shakes surname expanded 4,833 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 717 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shakes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shakes surname are 24.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.42% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Shakes earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.05% more than the national average, earning $43,171 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.46% less than the national average, earning $49,453 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shakes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shakes in the Marathi language | ||
| शाकेस | sakesa | - |
| Shakes in the Hindi language | ||
| शाकेस | sakesa | 50 |
| शकेस | sakesa | 50 |
| Shakes in the Arabic language | ||
| شيكس | shyks | - |
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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 Shakes
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