Reš Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Reš Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Reš Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia991:25,1285,373
Czechia801:132,91821,095
Croatia151:281,90728,677
Serbia101:714,49524,752
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Res (2,634), Reș (4), Reś (1), Reş (1), Rés (25) & Rès (1) are calculated separately.

Reš Last Name Facts

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

The last name Reš occurs more in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Res, Reș, Reś, Reş, Rés or Rès. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Reš? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,155,901st most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name Reš is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Reš live; 61 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 60 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most common in Slovenia, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 25,128. In Slovenia it is most prevalent in: Drava, where 41 percent live, Upper Carniola, where 34 percent live and Savinja, where 21 percent live. Besides Slovenia Reš is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 39 percent live and Croatia, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Res892,634/
Reș894/
Reś891/
Reş891/
Re8041,637/
Rés7825/
Rès781/
Rey67195,449/
Rea6785,766/
Ree6737,399/
Rex6724,272/
Rei6711,776/
Red678,280/
Reh675,357/
Rej673,931/
Ret673,067/
Reu672,603/
Rep671,924/
Rez671,916/
Reß67977/
Rie67932/
Røe67874/
Rec67544/
Reč67277/
Roš67188/
Rhe67155/
Hre67111/
Rer67105/
Rež6772/
Rešová6769/
Rre6737/
Riš6723/
Øre6719/
Rje6717/
Rée6713/
Rge6713/
Rze6711/
Ryš677/
Råe674/
Åre673/
Reç672/
Ríe671/
Reć671/
Rêe671/

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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 Reš
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