Békes Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Békes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 64 | 1:153,379 | 13,789 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
The alternate forms: Bekes (837), Békés (520), Békeš (8), Bekeš (183) & Békéš (1) are calculated separately.
Békes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Békes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Békes occurs more in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Bekes, Békés, Békeš, Bekeš or Békéš. For other possible spellings of Békes click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Békes? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,255,512th most numerous surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Békes are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 90 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.
The last name Békes is most frequent in Hungary, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 153,379. In Hungary Békes is most common in: Pest County, where 59 percent live, Fejér County, where 27 percent live and Budapest, where 13 percent live. Outside of Hungary this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Slovakia, where 10 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 Békes
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