Bekteš Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
North Macedonia
Highest density in:
North Macedonia

Bekteš Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bekteš Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
North Macedonia361:58,3746,006
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990

The alternate forms: Bektes (44) are calculated separately.

Bekteš (229) may also be a first name.

Bekteš Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bekteš is found most frequently in North Macedonia. It can be found in the variant forms: Bektes. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bekteš.

How Common Is The Last Name Bekteš? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,876,555th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Bekteš occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bekteš reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 85 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 593,349th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 229 people.

Bekteš is most prevalent in North Macedonia, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 58,374. In North Macedonia Bekteš is mostly concentrated in: Skopje, where 53 percent reside, Polog, where 17 percent reside and Southeastern, where 17 percent reside. Barring North Macedonia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 15 percent reside and Serbia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bektes9444/
Bektec831/
Bektešova8066/
Bektesh7743/
Bektic67310/
Bektis672/
Bectez672/
Bektesova671/
Bekteshova639/
Bektich621/
Beactice575/
Bigtes501/
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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 Bekteš
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