Farkas is used as a family name or surname in Hungary. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Farkas
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Hungary
Meaning: Hungarian family name is a nickname with a sense of "wolf" (Hungarian farkas).

How popular is Farkas?

Farkas is common in Hungary.

Farkas is ranked 5218 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Farkas bearers increased by 1.527295 per cent in 2010 US census to 6714 since 2000, the surname slipped by 330 spots and ranked at 5204. The last name was found in around 23 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.23 95.71
Hispanic or Latino 2.64 1.77
Others 0.92 1.69
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.41
Black 0.48 0.29
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.19 0.14
Farkas is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Hungary which signifies that it is originated from Hungary. Around 104752 people have been found who wears Farkas as their family name. Farkas is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,340 Iceland6
812 Monaco5
10,542 China4
3,841 Bosnia3
2,915 Paraguay3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
5,936 Bahrain2
6,266 Luxembourg2
28,232 Morocco2
10,211 Bulgaria2
15,162 Costa Rica1
746 Dominica1
12,741 Ecuador1
9,591 Panama1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
165,773 Belarus1
7,191 Afghanistan1
30,360 Thailand1
11,486 Estonia1
7,292 Vietnam1
2,333 Montenegro1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
29,046 Japan1
7,895 South Korea1
6,212 Jamaica1
8,859 Iraq1
53,505 Turkey1
16,640 Hong Kong1
42,479 Greece1
25,746 Finland1
810,193 Indonesia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
3,075 Cyprus34
11,444 Portugal28
282,307 Russia27
1,021 Malta21
22,809 New Zealand19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,077 Uruguay98
6,180 Scotland85
8,986 Norway85
11,021 Chile81
12,039 Colombia70
67,197 Ukraine70
Countries with hundreds of Farkas:
779 Croatia796
1,940 Israel589
11,594 Poland525
5,684 Australia520
2,928 Switzerland387
2,679 Sweden377
28,188 Italy336
16,501 Argentina328
1,440 Slovenia288
14,022 Mexico288
6,413 Venezuela251
14,220 Spain238
7,981 Belgium230
17,243 Netherlands159
35,546 South Africa146
5,492 Denmark108
3,646 Ireland104
Countries with thousands of Farkas:
4,605 United States8,635
546 Romania5,031
22 Slovakia4,663
2,713 Germany3,161
374 Serbia2,548
2,770 Canada1,744
524 Austria1,388
10,259 Brazil1,336
1,311 Czech Republic1,094
8,374 France1,065
6,849 England1,016
Countries with ten thousands of Farkas:
8 Hungary66,684
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Comments

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Meta Hagar
 farkas is a Hungarian family name means wolf, after nickname of the animal's name, was applied to a cruel, brutal man.

Farkas Namesakes

  • Ágnes Farkas, Olympic athlete
  • Ágnes Farkas, Olympic athlete
  • Ákos Farkas, Hungarian Politician
  • Akos Farkas, Cinematographer
  • Amit Farkash, Actress
  • Antal Farkas, Actor
  • András Farkas, Soccer player
  • Karl Farkas, Actor
  • Antal Farkas, Actor
  • Antal Farkas, Writer
  • In 2014 drama film, Viktoria: A Tale of Grace and Greed, Franciska Farkas played Viktoria.

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