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 surname Berkeš occurs more in Serbia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Berkes, Berkeś, Berkès or Berkés. Click here to see other possible spellings of Berkeš.
How Common Is The Last Name Berkeš? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 683,026th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. The last name Berkeš occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Berkeš reside; 78 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 78 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in Serbia, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 22,611. In Serbia Berkeš is most frequent in: North Bačka District, where 65 percent reside, South Bačka District, where 17 percent reside and North Banat District, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Serbia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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