Tucks Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Tucks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tucks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa821:660,70448,422
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

The alternate forms: Tücks (91) are calculated separately.

Tucks (18) may also be a first name.

Tucks Last Name Facts

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

Tucks has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms: Tücks. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tucks? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,894,523rd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Tucks occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Tucks are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 18 people.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 660,704. In South Africa Tucks is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 74 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 22 percent are found and Free State, where 1 percent are found. Beside South Africa it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and The Bahamas, where 2 percent are found.

Tucks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tucks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tucks last name declined 79 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tucks Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tucks earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 49.24% less than the national average, earning R 120,636 per year and in United States they earn 53% less than the national average, earning $20,281 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tücks9391/
Tuecks910/
Tuks8993/
Thuecks8390/
Htuecks831/
Tuchs8056/
Ticks8043/
Tocks8031/
Tukse8019/
Tuksh802/
Thuks801/
Taucs801/
Tucse801/
Touks800/
Tauks800/
Teuks800/
Tukks800/
Tiecks7322/
Thicks7321/
Thueks731/
Tukshe731/
Tausks730/
Tiks67215/
Toks67155/
Tukz6728/
Tugs676/
Tuksova673/
Tusx671/

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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 Tucks
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