Cerkes Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Cerkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Čerkes (7), Cerkeş (1) & Çerkeş (275) are calculated separately.
Cerkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cerkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cerkes is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Čerkes, Cerkeş or Çerkeş. Click here to see other possible spellings of Cerkes.
How Common Is The Last Name Cerkes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Cerkes reside; 45 percent reside in South America and 45 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil Cerkes is mostly found in: Rio de Janeiro, where 100 percent live. Aside from Brazil this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 18 percent live and England, where 9 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 Cerkes
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