Vlachakis Surname

144,414th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,077 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Vlachakis Surname User-submission:

'Vlachakis' means 'Little Vlach' in Greek; i.e., Son of the Romanian (more specifically, an

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Vlachakis Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2,9321:3,779356
United States411:8,840,462379,649
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
England41:13,929,515290,718
France21:33,211,361423,184
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
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Vlachakis Surname Meaning

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'Vlachakis' means 'Little Vlach' in Greek; i.e., Son of the Romanian (more specifically, an Aromanian) - However, the term 'Vlach' also means 'shepherd', or, in the Cretan sense, 'highlander'. If you have this surname its meaning interchanges dependant on where in Greece you are from (mainland = Little Vlach/Aromanian; Crete = Little Mountain Dweller).

The term 'Vlach', meaning Aromanian (archaically, ALL Romanians) originally means foreigner ('walhaz') in Germanic; i.e., a Celto-Roman. It is a cognate to Welsh, Cornwall, Wallonia/Walloon (French-Belgian), Gaul/Gallia (France).

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'Vlachakis' means 'Little Vlach' in Greek; i.e., Son of the Romanian (more specifically, an Aromanian) - However, the term 'Vlach' also means 'shepherd', or, in the Cretan sense, 'highlander'. If you have this surname its meaning interchanges dependant on where in Greece you are from (mainland = Little Vlach/Aromanian; Crete = Little Mountain Dweller).

The term 'Vlach', meaning Aromanian (archaically the term meant ALL Romanians) originally means foreigner ('walhaz') in Germanic; i.e., a Celto-Roman. It is a cognate to Welsh, Cornwall (horn of the Welsh/foreigners), Wallonia/Walloon (French-Belgian), Gaul/Gallia (France).

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'Vlachakis' means 'Little Vlach' in Greek; i.e., Son of the Romanian (more specifically, an Aromanian) - However, the term 'Vlach' also means 'shepherd', or, in the Cretan sense, 'highlander'. If you have this surname its meaning interchanges dependant on where in Greece you are from (mainland = Little Vlach/Aromanian; Crete = Little Mountain Dweller).

The term 'Vlach', meaning Aromanian (archaically, ALL Romanians) originally means foreigner ('walhaz') in Germanic; i.e., a Celto-Roman. It is a cognate to Welsh, Cornwall (horn of the Welsh/foreigners), Wallonia/Walloon (French-Belgian), Gaul/Gallia (France).

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The surname Vlachakis means 'little mountain people'. The -akis ending means 'little' in Greek, and was given to a significant number of people on the island of Crete, mainland Greece itself, and other islands.

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Vlachakis Demographics

Average Vlachakis Salary in
United States

$63,867 USD

Per year
Rank:
155,947 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.17169E-5
Rank: 248,423 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
148.01%
Sample size: 29 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Vlachakis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vlachakis is borne by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vlachakis? popularity and diffusion

Vlachakis is the 144,414th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,368,393 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Vlachakis live; 95 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

Vlachakis is most frequently used in Greece, where it is borne by 2,932 people, or 1 in 3,779. In Greece Vlachakis is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 30 percent live, Crete, where 29 percent live and Peloponnese, where 16 percent live. Besides Greece Vlachakis is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Vlachakis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Vlachakis surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the party.

The amount Vlachakis earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.39% more than the national average, earning R 412,044 per year; in United States they earn 48.02% more than the national average, earning $63,867 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.47% less than the national average, earning $45,970 CAD per year.

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