Kerecsenyi Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Kerecsenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 44 | 1:456,315 | 35,605 |
| Hungary | 27 | 1:363,566 | 25,782 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Kerecsényi (173) are calculated separately.
Kerecsenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerecsenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kerecsenyi is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Kerecsényi. For other potential spellings of Kerecsenyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerecsenyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,075,631st most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kerecsenyi live; 87 percent live in Eastern Europe and 54 percent live in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Romania, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 456,315. In Romania it is most numerous in: Bihor County, where 100 percent are found. Other than Romania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 33 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerecsényi | 97 | 173 | / |
| Kerecseny | 95 | 84 | / |
| Kerecheny | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kerečeni | 78 | 24 | / |
| Kerečeny | 78 | 1 | / |
| Karacsonyi | 70 | 417 | / |
| Karacsanyi | 70 | 5 | / |
| Karacsoni | 63 | 122 | / |
| Karacsany | 63 | 17 | / |
| Kereziene | 63 | 4 | / |
| Koracsony | 63 | 3 | / |
| Khoracsani | 60 | 2 | / |
| Corocsenie | 60 | 1 | / |
| Karagsany | 53 | 4 | / |
| Querezini | 53 | 2 | / |
| Caracsony | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Kerecsenyi
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