Flachs is used as a family name or surname in Netherlands. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Flachs
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Netherlands
Meaning:

Is a variant of Flack. Possibly from Flagg, a township in county of derby.

The variation of Vlach. One who came from Italy meaning "land of cattle".

The surname Flachs is variation of Flack. Dweller at the plain or level field.

How popular is Flachs?

Flachs is common in Germany, Czechia, United States.

Flachs is ranked 234680 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Flachss grew by 17.91 per cent to 237 since 2000 and ranked 80131 after elevating 6210 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.47 99.5
Flachs is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Germany. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Czechia. Around 1715 people have been found who wears Flachs as their family name. Flachs is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Flachs:
12,586 Germany793
3,742 Czechia442
92,111 United States275
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,655 Denmark49
42,431 Netherlands42
40,442 Austria22
204,848 France22
58,718 Belgium17
118,579 Argentina16
93,242 Australia13
180,238 Canada11

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Peter Flachs worked as farmer and hailed from Germany. 24 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Argo and arrived on June 18, 1852. Georg Flachs, aged 31, 46 years old Ed. Flachs, Ambrosius Flachs, Franz Flachs (40) Laborer, Franziska Flachs, Jakob Flachs, 3 years old Josef Flachs, Maria Flachs (11), and 13 other Flachs around 44.44% of whom were farmer while others worked as merchant and laborer migrated to US from Havre, Hamburg and Bremen.

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