Vakash Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Vakash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 206 | 1:3,723,618 | 103,606 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Vakash (130) may also be a first name.
Vakash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vakash Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vakash (Hindi: वकश, Marathi: वकश) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakash? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,148,257th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Vakash reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 814,623rd most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 130 people.
The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 206 people, or 1 in 3,723,618. In India Vakash is mostly found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 56 percent live, Bihar, where 23 percent live and Haryana, where 13 percent live. Outside of India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 1 percent live and Singapore, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vakash Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vakash in the Marathi language | ||
| वकश | vakasa | - |
| Vakash in the Hindi language | ||
| वकश | vakasa | 46.79 |
| वकाश | vakasa | 44.87 |
| िवकाश | ivakasa | 1.92 |
| वाकाश | vakasa | 1.92 |
| वाकश | vakasa | 1.28 |
| वक्श | vaksa | 1.28 |
| वकास | vakasa | 0.64 |
| विकाश | vikasa | 0.64 |
| बक्श | baksa | 0.64 |
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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 Vakash
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