Kész Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Kész Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kész Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1751:56,0935,907
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Kesz (151) are calculated separately.

Kész Last Name Facts

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

Kész is held by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Kesz. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kész? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kész is the 1,281,391st most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The surname Kész is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kész are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Hungary, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 56,093. In Hungary Kész is most common in: Baranya County, where 42 percent live, Veszprém County, where 31 percent live and Budapest, where 15 percent live. Apart from Hungary this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kesz92151/
Kisz75238/
Käsz7553/
Késő7547/
Kése7510/
Kysz751/
Késh751/
Kiesz67522/
Koisz6752/
Keisz6748/
Kaisz6737/
Keesz6732/
Kishz6724/
Kiszt6718/
Kiosz6712/
Kajsz678/
Kuisz677/
Keysz674/
Kojsz672/
Kessz672/
Khysz671/
Kesze671/

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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 Kész
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