Petkes Surname
Approximately 750 people bear this surname
Petkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 628 | 1:31,971 | 4,078 |
| Hungary | 117 | 1:83,900 | 8,373 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Petkeš (6) & Petkeş (4) are calculated separately.
Petkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petkes has its highest incidence in Romania. It can be found as: Petkeš or Petkeş. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petkes? popularity and diffusion
Petkes is the 452,572nd most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,716,728 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Petkes are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 84 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The last name Petkes is most commonly used in Romania, where it is carried by 628 people, or 1 in 31,971. In Romania Petkes is primarily found in: Sălaj County, where 83 percent live, Satu Mare County, where 9 percent live and Maramureș County, where 7 percent live. Not including Romania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 16 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
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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 Petkes
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