Speks Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Speks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 12 | 1:170,837 | 20,647 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Speks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Speks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Speks is most common in Latvia. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Speks? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Speks live; 84 percent live in Northern Europe and 48 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The last name Speks is most widely held in Latvia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 170,837. In Latvia Speks is most frequent in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 33 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 33 percent reside and Semigallia, where 25 percent reside. Not including Latvia this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 32 percent reside and Russia, where 8 percent reside.
Speks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Speks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Speks surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaks | 91 | 4,622 | / |
| Specks | 91 | 332 | / |
| Speeks | 91 | 227 | / |
| Spieks | 91 | 5 | / |
| Spaeks | 91 | 1 | / |
| Speiks | 91 | 0 | / |
| Spoeks | 91 | 0 | / |
| Speuks | 91 | 0 | / |
| Speakes | 83 | 740 | / |
| Speikes | 83 | 45 | / |
| Spheaks | 83 | 1 | / |
| Speaksd | 83 | 0 | / |
| Spaks | 80 | 114 | / |
| Spoks | 80 | 15 | / |
| Spiks | 80 | 9 | / |
| Spykes | 73 | 68 | / |
| Spicks | 73 | 58 | / |
| Spacks | 73 | 15 | / |
| Spaaks | 73 | 7 | / |
| Spechs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Spocks | 73 | 2 | / |
| Shpaks | 73 | 2 | / |
| Spakks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spakås | 73 | 1 | / |
| Speigs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Speacs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Speggs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Spaiks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Spex | 67 | 12 | / |
| Spoeckx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spiechs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spaikes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Speiggs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Speks
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis