Széles Surname

118,437th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,882 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Széles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Széles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary3,8511:2,549287
Slovakia171:313,90944,635
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Szeles (3,457) & Szeleś (60) are calculated separately.

Széles Last Name Facts

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

The surname Széles is carried by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Szeles or Szeleś. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Széles? popularity and diffusion

It is the 118,437th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,877,266 people. Széles is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Széles reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname Széles is most commonly occurring in Hungary, where it is held by 3,851 people, or 1 in 2,549. In Hungary Széles is mostly concentrated in: Budapest, where 17 percent are found, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 13 percent are found and Hajdú-Bihar County, where 12 percent are found. Beside Hungary this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 0 percent are found and Czechia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Szeles943,457/
Szeleś8960/
Szélesová8018/
Szelest771,596/
Szeless7741/
Sélesse772/
Szelesz771/
Szilest771/
Siles7335,685/
Seles733,087/
Syles73261/
Zeles73109/
Ziles7388/
Säles7312/
Zyles7310/
Síles732/
Szejtles711/
Sayles679,027/
Sailes674,983/
Seales674,197/
Shiles67366/
Sisles67333/
Syless67315/
Soiles67160/
Selese67139/
Szelesová6795/
Selest6793/
Seiles6784/
Zehles6744/
Sceles6736/
Siless6726/
Sieles6718/
Sheles6715/
Sesles6712/
Suiles6710/
Shyles677/
Setles676/
Seeles675/
Sciles675/
Silese674/
Sitles674/
Szelesova674/
Sytles673/
Sseles673/
Scyles672/
Cisles672/
Chéles672/
Soyles671/
Zayles671/
Silest671/
Seless671/
Selesz671/
Sehles671/
Cesles671/
Zeeles671/
Zailes671/
Seules671/
Zeales671/
Seyles670/

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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 Széles
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