Kekes Surname
Approximately 443 people bear this surname
Kekes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 115 | 1:96,346 | 16,232 |
| Brazil | 96 | 1:2,229,941 | 69,391 |
| Papua New Guinea | 65 | 1:125,442 | 17,113 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Hungary | 11 | 1:892,389 | 45,166 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Kékes (184) are calculated separately.
Kekes (128) may also be a first name.
Kekes Demographics
Average Kekes Salary in
United States
$25,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kekes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kekes (Russian: Кекес) is more frequently found in Greece than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Kékes. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 674,066th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,450,442 people. The last name Kekes is mostly found in The Americas, where 39 percent of Kekes live; 26 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 26 percent live in Helleno-Europe. Kekes is also the 821,896th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 128 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Greece, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 96,346. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: East Macedonia and Thrace, where 41 percent reside, Attica, where 40 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 15 percent reside. Besides Greece this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside.
Kekes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kekes last name are 39.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.86% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kekes earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 41.19% less than the national average, earning $25,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.26% more than the national average, earning $60,740 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kekes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kekes in the Russian language | ||
| Кекес | kekes | - |
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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
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- 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 Kekes
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