Berkeš Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Berkeš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 316 | 1:22,611 | 2,559 |
| Slovakia | 93 | 1:57,381 | 11,067 |
| Croatia | 22 | 1:192,209 | 23,417 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
The alternate forms: Berkes (4,537), Berkeś (1), Berkès (1) & Berkés (1) are calculated separately.
Berkeš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Berkeš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Berkeš occurs most in Serbia. It may appear in the variant forms: Berkes, Berkeś, Berkès or Berkés. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Berkeš? popularity and diffusion
The last name Berkeš is the 683,026th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Berkeš live; 78 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 78 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Serbia, where it is carried by 316 people, or 1 in 22,611. In Serbia Berkeš is most common in: North Bačka District, where 65 percent reside, South Bačka District, where 17 percent reside and North Banat District, where 9 percent reside. Not including Serbia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 21 percent reside and Croatia, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Berkeš
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