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 surname Shaks (Hindi: शक्स, Marathi: शक्स, Russian: Шакс) occurs more in Iraq more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaks? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,222,957th most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname Shaks 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 numerous first name worldwide, borne by 94 people.
The last name Shaks is most frequently held in Iraq, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 267,341. Apart from Iraq it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 15 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.
Shaks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Shaks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shaks last name declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shaks Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily 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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