Okres Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Okres Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okres Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia101:533,64560,629
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

The alternate forms: Okreš (2) are calculated separately.

Okres Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okres is more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Okreš. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okres? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Okres is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Okres are found; 89 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 79 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Slovakia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 533,645. In Slovakia it is mostly concentrated in: Trenčín Region, where 50 percent reside, Banská Bystrica Region, where 30 percent reside and Košice Region, where 20 percent reside. Other than Slovakia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 21 percent reside and Hungary, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okreš932/
Okrzes91116/
Okress9113/
Oskres9112/
Okresz916/
O'Kress831/
Ekres8097/
Akres8075/
Okrez807/
Okris802/
Ocres801/
Okresová7733/
Oukris73137/
Okrześ7350/
Akresh7332/
Okriss734/
Akyres732/
Ocress731/
Ekress731/
Ekresh731/
Akries731/
Akreus730/
Akresse6774/
Akreesh6743/
Akreits679/
Akreets675/
Oukriss675/
Okhryts671/
Akhries671/
Akreash671/
Akhrest671/
O'Cress671/
Ocayres671/
Ougkris671/
Acoires671/
Oukhris671/

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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 Okres
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