Kereš Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Kereš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 100 | 1:42,286 | 8,393 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54 | 1:65,489 | 7,120 |
| Slovakia | 53 | 1:100,688 | 19,203 |
| Serbia | 40 | 1:178,624 | 11,446 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
The alternate forms: Keres (692) & Kereś (1) are calculated separately.
Kereš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kereš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kereš is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Keres or Kereś. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kereš? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,014,722nd most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kereš reside; 78 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 78 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 42,286. In Croatia Kereš is mostly concentrated in: Zadar County, where 31 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 27 percent reside and Virovitica-Podravina County, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Croatia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 22 percent reside and Slovakia, where 21 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
- 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 Kereš
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