Gerkeš Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Gerkeš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 10 | 1:248,768 | 16,532 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
The alternate forms: Gerkes (207) are calculated separately.
Gerkeš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerkeš Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gerkeš is more frequently found in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Gerkes. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerkeš? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gerkeš is the 5,587,209th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Gerkeš is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gerkeš live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Gerkeš is most common in Slovenia, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 248,768. In Slovenia it is most numerous in: Central Slovenia, where 80 percent are found, Drava, where 10 percent are found and Savinja, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Slovenia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Croatia, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Gerkeš
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