Whykes Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Whykes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whykes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1811:149,14815,854
England41:13,929,515290,718
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933

Whykes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whykes has its highest incidence in Australia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whykes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,231,034th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Whykes are found; 96 percent are found in Australasia and 96 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 149,148. In Australia Whykes is primarily concentrated in: Victoria, where 78 percent reside, Queensland, where 9 percent reside and Northern Territory, where 5 percent reside. Besides Australia it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and China, where 1 percent reside.

Whykes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Whykes has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Whykes surname decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whykies921/
Wykes914,454/
Whyke91175/
Whyks9182/
Whykeh8314/
Wyckes831/
Whyker830/
Waykes830/
Whikes830/
Wyke802,027/
Wyks8051/
Whysker7713/
Whiskes773/
Wehkese771/
Whykiea771/
Woyke73579/
Wyker73276/
Wikes73178/
Whike7389/
Wehke7356/
Wycke7345/
Wekes7332/
Wheke7318/
Weyks7315/
Wycks7314/
Wuyke7313/
Whyka736/
Wyßke736/
Wayke735/
Wykez735/
Wykie735/
Wykis734/
Weyke733/
Wihke732/
Wykea731/
Wykey731/
Waykaesh711/
Weekes6714,666/
Wickes672,952/
Weckes67116/
Woycke67114/
Witkes6789/
Wiches6762/
Weakes6731/
Woytke6731/
Whyche6713/
Waykeh6713/
Wyckie6713/
Weikes6710/
Whioke6710/
Wikess679/
Woydke677/
Buykes677/
Weskes677/
Wekese675/
Wheeks674/
Wehske674/
Whicks673/
Withks673/
Wysske672/
Whecks671/
Wethke671/
Waikes671/
Weches671/
Wikesj671/
Weshke671/
Wiekes671/
Waykie671/
Wehkei671/
Wehkie671/
Wekees671/
Huikes671/
Wihkie671/
Wehcke671/
Wetkes670/
Whitke670/
Behkes670/

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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 Whykes
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