Bekteši Surname

474,151st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 706 people bear this surname

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

Bekteši Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Bekteši 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 Macedonia5921:3,550665
Kosovo771:24,1802,664
Serbia301:238,16513,506
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Montenegro21:319,7827,691

The alternate forms: Bektesi (126) & Bekteşi (5) are calculated separately.

Bekteši (66) may also be a first name.

Bekteši Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bekteši is more frequently found in North Macedonia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Bektesi or Bekteşi. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bekteši.

How Common Is The Last Name Bekteši? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bekteši is the 474,151st most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 10,322,303 people. The surname Bekteši occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bekteši live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 50 percent live in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 66 people.

It is most frequent in North Macedonia, where it is borne by 592 people, or 1 in 3,550. In North Macedonia it is most numerous in: Polog, where 46 percent are found, Southwestern, where 37 percent are found and Northeastern, where 12 percent are found. Other than North Macedonia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Kosovo, where 11 percent are found and Serbia, where 4 percent are found.

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
Bektesi95126/
Bekteşi955/
Bektiši8610/
Bekteša862/
Bekteći861/
Bektezi861/
Bekteshi803,622/
Bektesshi751/
Begteshi67203/
Bekteshaj633/
Beactice535/
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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 Bekteši
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