Shaks Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Shaks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 131 | 1:267,341 | 5,559 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Shaks (94) may also be a first name.
Shaks Demographics
Shaks Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Shaks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shaks (Hindi: शक्स, Marathi: शक्स, Russian: Шакс) is found most frequently in Iraq. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaks? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shaks is the 1,222,957th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Shaks reside; 71 percent reside in West Asia and 69 percent reside in Levant. Shaks is also the 980,251st most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 94 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Iraq, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 267,341. Barring Iraq it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 15 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Shaks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shaks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shaks surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shaks Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Shaks surname is predominantly Episcopalian (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaks in the Marathi language | ||
| शक्स | saksa | - |
| Shaks in the Hindi language | ||
| शक्स | saksa | 96.97 |
| शाक्स | saksa | 3.03 |
| Shaks in the Russian language | ||
| Шакс | saks | - |
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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 Shaks
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