Valeš Surname
Approximately 1,495 people bear this surname
Valeš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 1,490 | 1:7,137 | 883 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
The alternate forms: Vales (15,854), Valès (17) & Valés (5) are calculated separately.
Valeš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valeš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Valeš is found most in Czechia. It may be found as a variant: Vales, Valès or Valés. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Valeš? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 262,280th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,874,613 people. The surname Valeš occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Valeš are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
It is most frequently used in Czechia, where it is borne by 1,490 people, or 1 in 7,137. In Czechia Valeš is most prevalent in: Plzeň Region, where 15 percent are found, Prague, where 14 percent are found and Central Bohemian Region, where 11 percent are found. Other than Czechia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 0 percent are found and Slovakia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Valeš
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