Wrecks Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wrecks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wrecks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wrecks Last Name Facts

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

Wrecks is most common in The United States. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wrecks? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Wrecks are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 25 percent live, Georgia, where 25 percent live and New Mexico, where 25 percent live. Not including The United States Wrecks occurs in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 20 percent live.

Wrecks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wrecks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wrecks surname increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wreks911/
Wreck911/
Wreaks8394/
Wrecke8374/
Wricks8362/
Wircks8321/
Wreckx831/
Wracks830/
Wrek805/
Wrec801/
Wreakes7764/
Wiercks7713/
Wrick73185/
Vreck7374/
Wirks7356/
Werks7331/
Wrzek736/
Wroks732/
Wreak731/
Wriks731/
Wryck731/
Wregs730/
Wricke67390/
Werckx67298/
Wierks67173/
Vircks67166/
Breïck6777/
Whrick6748/
Bircks6746/
Bercks6723/
Vreeks675/
Vrescs672/
Vrecke671/
Vracks671/
B'Reck671/
Vreeck671/
Vreksh671/
Brekss671/
Brekhs671/
Werchs670/
Wrykes670/
Wreake670/

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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 Wrecks
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