Bekteshi Surname
Approximately 3,622 people bear this surname
Bekteshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 2,454 | 1:759 | 109 |
| Albania | 671 | 1:4,343 | 803 |
| United States | 100 | 1:3,624,589 | 201,936 |
| Sweden | 81 | 1:121,565 | 8,649 |
| Germany | 51 | 1:1,578,538 | 93,812 |
| Slovenia | 41 | 1:60,675 | 9,198 |
| Switzerland | 32 | 1:256,654 | 21,165 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| North Macedonia | 23 | 1:91,368 | 8,238 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Serbia | 16 | 1:446,559 | 18,714 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Bekteshi Demographics
Average Bekteshi Salary in
United States
$37,960 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bekteshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekteshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bekteshi has its highest incidence in Kosovo. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekteshi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 125,633rd most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,012,023 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Bekteshi live; 89 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent live in Albano-Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Kosovo, where it is borne by 2,454 people, or 1 in 759. In Kosovo Bekteshi is mostly found in: District of Pristina, where 35 percent live, District of Mitrovica, where 23 percent live and District of Gjilan, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Kosovo Bekteshi occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Bekteshi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bekteshi surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bekteshi earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 34.57% less than the national average, earning 226,457 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.03% less than the national average, earning $37,960 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.58% less than the national average, earning $41,444 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bektesshi | 94 | 1 | / |
| Bektesi | 93 | 126 | / |
| Bektashi | 88 | 615 | / |
| Begteshi | 88 | 203 | / |
| Bakteshi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bekteshaj | 82 | 3 | / |
| Bekteši | 80 | 706 | / |
| Bektasi | 80 | 49 | / |
| Bekteşi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Bektezi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bekteći | 80 | 1 | / |
| Baktashi | 75 | 30 | / |
| Begtashi | 75 | 6 | / |
| Bektasai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Biktashi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bektashaj | 71 | 68 | / |
| Beygtashi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bektaši | 67 | 573 | / |
| Bektiši | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bekteša | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bagtashi | 63 | 20 | / |
| Bigtashi | 63 | 3 | / |
| Bektasse | 63 | 1 | / |
| Baktashy | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bactesih | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bigtaschi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Baktaşi | 53 | 23 | / |
| Beactice | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Bekteshi
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