Tekeş Surname
Approximately 5,944 people bear this surname
Tekeş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 5,939 | 1:13,103 | 1,668 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Tekes (444) & Tékes (21) are calculated separately.
Tekeş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekeş Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tekeş (Marathi: टेकेस) has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can be found in the variant forms: Tekes or Tékes. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekeş? popularity and diffusion
It is the 81,683rd most frequently used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,226,034 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Tekeş reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 88 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
This last name is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 5,939 people, or 1 in 13,103. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent live, Diyarbakir Province, where 10 percent live and Sirnak Province, where 6 percent live. Apart from Turkey Tekeş occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Czechia, where 0 percent live.
Tekeş Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tekeş has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tekeş surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tekeş Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tekeş in the Marathi language | ||
| टेकेस | tekesa | 66.67 |
| तेजेस | tejesa | 33.33 |
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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 Tekeş
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