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
Kereš is more frequently found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: 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 widespread family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. Kereš occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kereš reside; 78 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 78 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Kereš is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 42,286. In Croatia it is most frequent in: Zadar County, where 31 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 27 percent are found and Virovitica-Podravina County, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Croatia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 22 percent are found and Slovakia, where 21 percent are found.
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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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