Spokes Surname

194,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Spokes Surname Definition:

From the Dutch, Spook; a personal name.

Spokes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9681:57,5606,930
Australia7991:33,7874,454
United States2361:1,535,843104,072
Wales621:49,9124,670
Canada431:856,87466,382
France101:6,642,272293,169
Scotland91:594,86921,724
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3811:63,9777,372
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Spokes (101) may also be a first name.

Spokes Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the Dutch, Spook; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Edmund Spokes was incumbent of Brackley in 1543 (Wh.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Spokes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spokes is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spokes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spokes is the 194,750th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,378,556 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 49 percent of Spokes reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 48 percent reside in British Isles. Spokes is also the 940,641st most commonly held first name globally It is held by 101 people.

The last name Spokes is most common in England, where it is carried by 968 people, or 1 in 57,560. In England Spokes is most frequent in: Greater London, where 14 percent live, Northamptonshire, where 11 percent live and Kent, where 8 percent live. Not including England it occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 37 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Spokes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spokes has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Spokes last name expanded 254 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,388 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 129 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spokes Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Spokes last name are 10.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.41% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Spokes earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 33.57% more than the national average, earning $57,636 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.16% less than the national average, earning $44,634 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spokies921/
Spakes83336/
Spokis8325/
Spekes837/
Spukes835/
Spuckes7714/
Spokish776/
Speckes771/
Spakkies710/
Spekis6742/
Speķis671/
Spuches62254/
Spucces6235/
Spaskis622/
Spucess622/
Spoquis621/
Spucches5789/
Spasskis573/
Spacez5030/
Spucis502/

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