Bekeš Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Bekeš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 124 | 1:43,036 | 8,092 |
| Serbia | 34 | 1:210,146 | 12,577 |
| Croatia | 12 | 1:352,384 | 32,084 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
The alternate forms: Bekes (837), Békeš (8), Békes (71), Békéš (1) & Békés (520) are calculated separately.
Bekeš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekeš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bekeš is more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Bekes, Békeš, Békes, Békéš or Békés. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekeš? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,257,535th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. The last name Bekeš occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bekeš reside; 71 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 71 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
Bekeš is most commonly used in Slovakia, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 43,036. In Slovakia Bekeš is mostly concentrated in: Prešov Region, where 82 percent are found, Bratislava Region, where 7 percent are found and Košice Region, where 7 percent are found. Beside Slovakia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 19 percent are found and Croatia, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Bekeš
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