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
Shaks (Hindi: शक्स, Marathi: शक्स, Russian: Шакс) occurs most in Iraq. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shaks.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaks? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,222,957th most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Shaks are found; 71 percent are found in West Asia and 69 percent are found in Levant. Shaks is also the 980,251st most frequent first name on earth, held by 94 people.
This last name is most common in Iraq, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 267,341. Besides Iraq this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 15 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
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 declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shaks Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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