Wreakes Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Wreakes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 58 | 1:960,656 | 48,451 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
Wreakes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wreakes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wreakes is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wreakes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,394,033rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname Wreakes occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Wreakes live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in British Isles.
It is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 960,656. In England Wreakes is mostly found in: South Yorkshire, where 40 percent reside, Lancashire, where 17 percent reside and Surrey, where 16 percent reside. Excluding England it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 6 percent reside and New Zealand, where 2 percent reside.
Wreakes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wreakes has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Wreakes last name rose 580 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wreaks | 92 | 94 | / |
| Wreake | 92 | 0 | / |
| Wreaker | 86 | 0 | / |
| Breakes | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wrake | 83 | 50 | / |
| Wreks | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wrehaker | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wreckets | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wrecke | 77 | 74 | / |
| Wraske | 77 | 23 | / |
| Wrecks | 77 | 5 | / |
| Vrakes | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wracks | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wrykes | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wracker | 71 | 32 | / |
| Breckes | 71 | 12 | / |
| Brackes | 71 | 3 | / |
| Breukes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Brakhes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Break's | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wreskey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Brakess | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vreke | 67 | 71 | / |
| Wrike | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wraschke | 67 | 7 | / |
| Brekkeas | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wraka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wriks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wrathkey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vrake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wregs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wreakes
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