Földes Surname

171,018th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,519 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Földes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Földes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary2,1001:4,674544
Slovakia2011:26,5504,510
Romania691:290,98426,482
Czechia501:212,66930,259
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Austria161:532,21549,801
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Földeš (45), Főldes (3) & Főldeš (3) are calculated separately.

Földes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Földes Come From? nationality or country of origin

Földes occurs in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Földeš, Főldes or Főldeš. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Földes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 171,018th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,893,031 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Földes are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 83 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Hungary, where it is held by 2,100 people, or 1 in 4,674. In Hungary Földes is primarily concentrated in: Budapest, where 28 percent reside, Győr-Moson-Sopron County, where 14 percent reside and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Hungary this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 8 percent reside and Romania, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Földeš9445/
Főldes943/
Főldeš893/
Földesch861/
Fildes832,002/
Feldes83301/
Fyldes8337/
Fledes832/
Føldes831/
Földesová80238/
Feldges77295/
Fieldes77173/
Foeldes7715/
Feldesh7710/
Feldesz778/
Fledeus774/
Feldeus772/
Filtdes771/
Fildest771/
Fyldesh771/
Vldes737/
Feldesse712/
Feldis67217/
Veldes6725/
Földešová6724/
Fildis679/
Vildes676/
Földésová675/
Főldesová673/
Fledis671/

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Földes Reference & Research

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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 Földes
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