Kereste Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Latvia

Kereste Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kereste Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kereste Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kereste is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kereste? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kereste is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 43 percent of Kereste live; 43 percent live in West Asia and 43 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This last name is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 25,940,474. In Turkey it is most common in: Ankara Province, where 33 percent reside, Corum Province, where 33 percent reside and Sakarya Province, where 33 percent reside. Barring Turkey Kereste exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Bulgaria, where 14 percent reside and Czechia, where 14 percent reside.

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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 Kereste
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