Berkes

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Toponymic surname; 160 bearers, between Worms and Mainz and around Bad Salzungen; with collective suffix -es 'Birkengehölz'

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈbɝks/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Berkes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 803K(measured from records)
  • HUHungary≈1 in 9.6K
  • SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 127K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Hungary (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,000 people, est.

Sources
162 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 9.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Toponymic surname; 160 bearers, between Worms and Mainz and around Bad Salzungen; with collective suffix -es 'Birkengehölz'.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

Where in the world(measured from records)

Berkes counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Berkes is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HU Hungary≈1,000 est.≈1 in 9.6K—Berkes1
DE Germany≈460 est.≈1 in 176K—Berkes63
US United States4141 in 803K460Berkes162
SA Saudi Arabia≈270 est.≈1 in 127K—Berkes1
GB United Kingdom≈87 est.≈1 in 758K—Berkes27
HR Croatia211 in 201K21——
PS Palestine≈19 est.≈1 in 253K—Berkes1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Berkes is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands

    Also written Bérkés, Berkeš, Berkés

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Berkeš, Berkeş

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States

    Also written Berkès, Berkeş

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Berkeš

  • Slovak surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Berkeš

  • Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia, United States

    Also written Berkeš

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Berkes is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In btd, tied into a bundle; _sirih_/ leaves (for the betel chew) which are tied into a bundle

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In poz-cet-pro, bundle (as of firewood); package

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In poz-pro, bundle

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Imre Berkes, b. 1878József Bittenbinder, b. 1890Ferenc Berkes, b. 1893Péter Berkes, b. 1931Fikret Berkes, b. 1945Eckart Berkes, b. 1949Kálmán Berkes, b. 1952Ferenc Berkes, b. 1985Bence Berkes, b. 1988Olivér Berkes, b. 1992

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Berkes,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Berkes
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000460#44,103
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020436#51,542
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010414#50,467
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Berkes mean, and where does it come from?
Toponymic surname; 160 bearers, between Worms and Mainz and around Bad Salzungen; with collective suffix -es 'Birkengehölz'. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
How do you pronounce Berkes?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɝks/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Berkes have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Berkes in Hungary, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled berkes.
How common is the name Berkes?
In the United States, the national register counted 414 people named Berkes in 2010, about 1 in 803 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Berkes”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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