Vakonakis Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Vakonakis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 60 | 1:184,663 | 29,677 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vakonakis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vakonakis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vakonakis is found most frequently in Greece. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakonakis? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vakonakis is the 2,414,640th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name Vakonakis is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Vakonakis are found; 95 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Greece, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 184,663. In Greece it is most common in: Crete, where 98 percent live and Central Macedonia, where 2 percent live. Excluding Greece it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vakonaki | 94 | 34 | / |
| Bakounakis | 84 | 17 | / |
| Vaganakis | 78 | 4 | / |
| Bakanakis | 78 | 2 | / |
| Bakounaki | 78 | 1 | / |
| Fakianakis | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vakanaka | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bakanauskis | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vakongsou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vakankaissou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vokunoskis | 63 | 1 | / |
| Wakanaka | 59 | 13 | / |
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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 Vakonakis
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