Speakes Surname

457,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Speakes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Speakes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6211:583,67047,738
England1021:546,25533,762
Wales81:386,81619,671
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1161:432,92031,560

Speakes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Speakes has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Speakes.

How Common Is The Last Name Speakes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 457,199th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 9,848,035 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Speakes live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 621 people, or 1 in 583,670. In The United States Speakes is mostly found in: Ohio, where 13 percent reside, Virginia, where 7 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent reside and Wales, where 1 percent reside.

Speakes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Speakes has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 535 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 510 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Speakes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Speakes surname are 20.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.92% being registered to vote for the party.

Speakes earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.27% less than the national average, earning $43,031 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Speaks924,622/
Spakes92336/
Spekes927/
Speikes8645/
Spiekes862/
Spheaks861/
Speckes861/
Speaksd860/
Spaikes860/
Spaks83114/
Speks8325/
Spakkies800/
Speykees800/
Speaches800/
Spikes775,239/
Specks77332/
Speeks77227/
Spykes7768/
Spekis7742/
Spacks7715/
Spaaks777/
Spieks775/
Shpaks772/
Speacs771/
Spaeks771/
Spakks771/
Spakås771/
Spasks770/
Speiks770/
Speuks770/
Spueks770/
Spaiks770/
Spoeks770/
Spickes7157/
Spaskis712/
Spaiches6713/
Spiks679/
Spasskis673/
Špaks671/
Speiches671/

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Speakes Reference & Research

Speaks FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Speaks FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Speakes
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis