Takes

surname · Latin script

Meaning: third-person singular simple present indicative of take

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/teɪks/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Takes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In the Seychelles it is the 35th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.3M(measured from records)
  • SCSeychelles≈1 in 6.4K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 89K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

258 people, 2010

Sources
105 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Seychelles, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

third-person singular simple present indicative of take

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Takes counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Takes is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—2581 in 1.3M272Takes105
NL Netherlands—1941 in 89K194Takes17
BR Brazil—861 in 2.5M86——
PH Philippines—≈31 est.≈1 in 3.5M—Takes3
IT Italy—≈30 est.≈1 in 2.1M—Takes1
SC Seychelles#35≈15 est.≈1 in 6.4K—Takes1
AT Austria—≈9 est.≈1 in 1M—Takes6
IE Ireland—≈7 est.≈1 in 749K—Takes2

258 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Takes is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Takēs, Takeş

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Takeş

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Takēs

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Takès, Takēs

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, United States

    Also written Takeş

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Takes is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In bkd, to measure out (something with a measuring vessel)

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In mrw, to measure; measuring tool or instrument

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Breton, dernière(s) crêpe(s) ; dernier(s)-né(s)

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Takes
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020272#76,236
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000269#68,360
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010258#74,826
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007194#10,704
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—86#70,869
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Takes mean, and where does it come from?
third-person singular simple present indicative of take Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Takes?
A machine transcription gives /teɪks/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Takes have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 258 people named Takes, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled takes.
How common is the name Takes?
In the United States, the national register counted 258 people named Takes in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
How common is Takes compared with other names?
In the Seychelles, Takes is the 35th most common surname of 2,002 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Takes” — the 35th most common surname in Seychelles. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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