Žekš Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Žekš Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Žekš 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
Slovenia1501:16,5843,867
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Žeks (40) & Zeks (26) are calculated separately.

Žekš Last Name Facts

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

Žekš is found most in Slovenia. It may be found as: Žeks or Zeks. Click here to see other possible spellings of Žekš.

How Common Is The Last Name Žekš? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,428,594th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Žekš occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žekš are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Žekš is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 16,584. In Slovenia Žekš is primarily found in: Mura, where 77 percent live, Drava, where 15 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 6 percent live. Not including Slovenia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Serbia, where 1 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
Žeks9240/
Zeks8326/
Žökš7588/
Džek751/
Žokš751/
Cekuš67112/
Žekas6741/
Žikeš6735/
Jekše672/
Žekys672/
Sekeš672/
Čekaš671/
Čekeš671/
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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 Žekš
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