Spaks Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Spaks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spaks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1001:20,5003,097
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England31:18,572,686338,250
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

The alternate forms: Špaks (1) are calculated separately.

Spaks Last Name Facts

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

Spaks (Russian: Спакс) is most common in Latvia. It can also be rendered as: Špaks. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spaks? popularity and diffusion

The last name Spaks is the 1,710,039th most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Spaks live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 20,500. In Latvia it is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 43 percent live, Semigallia, where 27 percent live and Latgale, where 18 percent live. Barring Latvia this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Spaks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Spaks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Spaks surname fell 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spaks Last Name Statistics demography

Spaks earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Špaks931/
Speaks914,622/
Spacks9115/
Spaaks917/
Shpaks912/
Spakås911/
Spakks911/
Spaeks911/
Spasks910/
Spaiks910/
Speakes83740/
Spheaks831/
Speaksd830/
Spaikes830/
Speks8025/
Spoks8015/
Specks73332/
Speeks73227/
Spaggs7314/
Spaics7314/
Spocks732/
Speacs731/
Spachs731/
Speuks730/
Speiks730/
Spooks730/
Spoeks730/
Speikes6745/
Spax672/
Spaiggs670/
Spagz602/
Sphax600/
Spechs552/
Speigs551/
Speggs550/
Spoeckx501/
Speiggs500/

Spaks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spaks in the Russian language
Спаксspaks-

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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 Spaks
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