Tamvakakis Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Tamvakakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tamvakakis Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece601:184,66329,677
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tamvakakis Last Name Facts

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

Tamvakakis is borne by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tamvakakis? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tamvakakis is the 2,436,415th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Tamvakakis live; 97 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Greece, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 184,663. In Greece Tamvakakis is most numerous in: Attica, where 60 percent live and Crete, where 40 percent live. Aside from Greece it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tamvakaki9536/
Tambakakis9030/
Tamvacakis904/
Damvakakis901/
Tambakaki843/
Tiemi Fukakusa501/

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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 Tamvakakis
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