Telkes Surname

651,048th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 464 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Telkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary3791:25,9002,879
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

The alternate forms: Telkeş (197) & Telkeš (13) are calculated separately.

Telkes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Telkes is more frequently found in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Telkeş or Telkeš. Click here to see other possible spellings of Telkes.

How Common Is The Last Name Telkes? popularity and diffusion

Telkes is the 651,048th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,705,918 people. Telkes occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Telkes reside; 82 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 82 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Hungary, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 25,900. In Hungary it is mostly concentrated in: Budapest, where 31 percent reside, Pest County, where 16 percent reside and Fejér County, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Hungary Telkes occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent reside and Germany, where 6 percent reside.

Telkes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Telkes surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Telkes earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.4% less than the national average, earning $33,485 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telkeş94197/
Telkeš9413/
Tielkes92251/
Toelkes92160/
Telke91324/
Thielkes8629/
Tielke83544/
Toelke83438/
Tilkes83133/
Tölkes83122/
Telkie83102/
Thelke8361/
Telkis8338/
Tellke8316/
Telkei838/
Telkey837/
Telcke831/
Thielke772,555/
Thoelke77313/
Theelke77153/
Toelcke7742/
Teelker7731/
Thölkes7715/
Tielcke7711/
Tillkes778/
Toehlke778/
Thelked771/
Tellker771/
Thilkes770/
Thaelke770/
Tölke731,291/
Telka731,124/
Tilke73466/
Tylke73205/
Telki7369/
Telky7345/
Tõlke731/
Tlqes731/
Tleke731/
Tølke731/
Thielcke71148/
Thoelcke7117/
Thielkie711/
Thölke67687/
Tilker67427/
Tülker67218/
Telkkä6764/
Telkki6756/
Töllke6731/
Tilkey6729/
Thilke6714/
Tylkie6710/
Telche678/
Tölcke673/
Tielka672/
Tilkeh671/
Telkai671/
Telque671/
Tilcke671/
Tillke671/
Tlekey671/
Teulki671/
Telkaj671/
Telkio671/
Telcka671/
Tilkis671/
Thelky670/
Tilkee670/
Tilkie670/

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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 Telkes
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