Beleš Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Beleš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 115 | 1:46,404 | 8,856 |
| Czechia | 71 | 1:149,767 | 23,219 |
| Croatia | 17 | 1:248,741 | 26,882 |
The alternate forms: Beles (1,005), Beleş (385), Běleš (38), Beleș (3), Beleś (1) & Béles (34) are calculated separately.
Beleš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beleš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Beleš has its highest incidence in Slovakia. It can occur in the variant forms: Beles, Beleş, Běleš, Beleș, Beleś or Béles. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beleš? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,173,425th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. Beleš occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Beleš live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Beleš is most frequent in Slovakia, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 46,404. In Slovakia it is most prevalent in: Žilina Region, where 50 percent live, Bratislava Region, where 42 percent live and Nitra Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Slovakia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 35 percent live and Croatia, where 8 percent live.
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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 Beleš
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