Vakes Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Vakes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Vakeš (35) are calculated separately.
Vakes (19) may also be a first name.
Vakes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vakes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vakes occurs more in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Vakeš. For other possible spellings of Vakes click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Vakes occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Vakes reside; 60 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 40 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 19 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 72,061,528. In Russia Vakes is most numerous in: Moscow, where 50 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 50 percent are found. Besides Russia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent are found and Slovakia, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Vakes
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