Bektaši Surname
Approximately 573 people bear this surname
Bektaši Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 542 | 1:13,183 | 1,570 |
| Croatia | 18 | 1:234,922 | 26,068 |
| North Macedonia | 13 | 1:161,652 | 11,967 |
The alternate forms: Bektasi (49) are calculated separately.
Bektaši Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bektaši Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bektaši is more frequently found in Serbia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Bektasi. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bektaši? popularity and diffusion
Bektaši is the 555,669th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,718,230 people. The last name Bektaši is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bektaši live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Serbia, where it is borne by 542 people, or 1 in 13,183. In Serbia Bektaši is most common in: Pčinja District, where 100 percent are found and Belgrade, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Serbia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 3 percent are found and North Macedonia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bektasi | 95 | 49 | / |
| Bektashi | 80 | 615 | / |
| Bektachi | 80 | 136 | / |
| Bektasai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bektesi | 71 | 126 | / |
| Baktaşi | 71 | 23 | / |
| Bekteşi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bekteshi | 67 | 3,622 | / |
| Bektasha | 67 | 118 | / |
| Bektaşer | 67 | 110 | / |
| Baktashi | 67 | 30 | / |
| Begtashi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bektasse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Biktashi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bektashaj | 63 | 68 | / |
| Bekteshaj | 63 | 3 | / |
| Bektahche | 63 | 1 | / |
| Beygtashi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bektesshi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Becktache | 63 | 1 | / |
| Begteshi | 53 | 203 | / |
| Bagtashi | 53 | 20 | / |
| Begtache | 53 | 8 | / |
| Bectache | 53 | 3 | / |
| Bigtashi | 53 | 3 | / |
| Biktache | 53 | 2 | / |
| Bakteshi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Baktashy | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bigtaschi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Bacthassi | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Bektaši
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