Rákoš Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Rákoš Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rákoš Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia501:106,72920,187
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Rákos (1,176), Rakoš (281), Rakos (948) & Rakoş (1) are calculated separately.

Rákoš Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rákoš is most common in Slovakia. It can also be found in the variant forms: Rákos, Rakoš, Rakos or Rakoş. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rákoš? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,414,640th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rákoš live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Slovakia, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 106,729. In Slovakia Rákoš is most frequent in: Prešov Region, where 64 percent live, Banská Bystrica Region, where 26 percent live and Košice Region, where 4 percent live. Not including Slovakia Rákoš is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 19 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rákos931,176/
Rakoš93281/
Rakos87948/
Rakoş871/
Rokoš8088/
Rákošová7789/
Rozkoš73183/
Rakouš7364/
Ratkoš7337/
Roskoš7328/
Rakoše7316/
Radkoš731/
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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 Rákoš
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