Bekteši Surname
Approximately 706 people bear this surname
Bekteši Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Macedonia | 592 | 1:3,550 | 665 |
| Kosovo | 77 | 1:24,180 | 2,664 |
| Serbia | 30 | 1:238,165 | 13,506 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
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 found most frequently in North Macedonia. It can appear in the variant forms: Bektesi or Bekteşi. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekteši? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 474,151st most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 10,322,303 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bekteši are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 50 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. Bekteši is also the 1,201,840th most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 66 people.
It is most frequently used in North Macedonia, where it is held by 592 people, or 1 in 3,550. In North Macedonia it is most common in: Polog, where 46 percent are found, Southwestern, where 37 percent are found and Northeastern, where 12 percent are found. Excluding 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.
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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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