Keresteš Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Keresteš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 222 | 1:24,038 | 4,001 |
| Croatia | 140 | 1:30,204 | 6,204 |
| Serbia | 129 | 1:55,387 | 5,257 |
| Czechia | 33 | 1:322,226 | 40,051 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
The alternate forms: Kerestes (770) & Kerestéš (2) are calculated separately.
Keresteš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keresteš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Keresteš occurs more in Slovakia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Kerestes or Kerestéš. Click here for further potential spellings of Keresteš.
How Common Is The Last Name Keresteš? popularity and diffusion
It is the 585,898th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Keresteš reside; 52 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 52 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Keresteš is most frequently held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 222 people, or 1 in 24,038. In Slovakia Keresteš is mostly concentrated in: Prešov Region, where 85 percent are found, Nitra Region, where 9 percent are found and Trenčín Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Slovakia it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 26 percent are found and Serbia, where 24 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerestes | 96 | 770 | / |
| Kerestéš | 96 | 2 | / |
| Kereszteš | 94 | 26 | / |
| Kerestex | 88 | 2 | / |
| Kerestešová | 84 | 193 | / |
| Keresztes | 82 | 8,557 | / |
| Kerestesh | 82 | 44 | / |
| Keresstes | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kerzestes | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kerestezh | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kereszteş | 82 | 1 | / |
| Keresztešová | 80 | 12 | / |
| Kerestesch | 78 | 2 | / |
| Kereszties | 78 | 2 | / |
| Keresztess | 78 | 1 | / |
| Cerestes | 75 | 52 | / |
| Kerestic | 75 | 13 | / |
| Kereztes | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kerestesova | 74 | 10 | / |
| Kerestéšová | 74 | 7 | / |
| Kerestesová | 74 | 1 | / |
| Cherestes | 71 | 142 | / |
| Cherestez | 71 | 40 | / |
| Cheresteş | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keresztés | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kerexztes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keresztesová | 70 | 61 | / |
| Keresztesova | 70 | 9 | / |
| Gkerechtes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keresztésová | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kiristic | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kiristis | 50 | 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
- 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 Keresteš
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