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 last name Vakes is more frequently found in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Vakeš. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Vakes are found; 60 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 40 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name worldwide, held by 19 people.
It is most commonly used in Russia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 72,061,528. In Russia Vakes is mostly concentrated in: Moscow, where 50 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 50 percent live. Aside from Russia Vakes is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Slovakia, where 20 percent live.
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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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