Bektes Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Bektes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bektes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Kosovo31:620,62310,771
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Bekteš (46) are calculated separately.

Bektes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bektes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bektes occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Bekteš. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bektes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bektes is the 2,944,094th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bektes are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Bektes is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,125,812. In The Netherlands Bektes is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 67 percent reside and South Holland, where 33 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands Bektes exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 27 percent reside and Austria, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bekteš9446/
Bektesh9243/
Baktes8313/
Bektis832/
Bektesova801/
Bokteis778/
Bakthes771/
Bhaktes771/
Bekteshova759/
Bakhtesh718/
Bhaktesh712/
Baktis67100/
Bektešova6766/
Baktys677/
Bectez672/
Bigtes671/
Bactes671/
Bakhtez6256/
Bacthes621/
Bagties621/
Bektich621/
Bacteas620/
Beactice575/
Bogtis502/
Vectis500/

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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 Bektes
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