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 last name Bekeš occurs in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Bekes, Békeš, Békes, Békéš or Békés. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekeš? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bekeš is the 1,257,535th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bekeš live; 71 percent live in Eastern Europe and 71 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Slovakia, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 43,036. In Slovakia it is most prevalent in: Prešov Region, where 82 percent live, Bratislava Region, where 7 percent live and Košice Region, where 7 percent live. Beside Slovakia Bekeš exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 19 percent live and Croatia, where 7 percent live.
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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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