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 surname Bektes is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Bekteš. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bektes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,944,094th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bektes reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Bektes is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 1,125,812. In The Netherlands Bektes is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 67 percent are found and South Holland, where 33 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands Bektes is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 27 percent are found and Austria, where 7 percent are found.

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
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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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