Telkes

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Telkes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Hungarian Telkes.

rarermore common
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 698K(inferred from the name graph)
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 701K
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 1.2M

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.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈330 people, est.

Sources
28 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 698K (inferred from the name graph)

Pakistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Hungarian Telkes

Sources 1

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Telkes 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 Telkes is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈330 est.≈1 in 698K—Telkes1
BR Brazil941 in 2.3M94——
TR Türkiye≈70 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Telkes5
DE Germany≈50 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Telkes18
US United States≈19 est.≈1 in 17M—Telkes28
AU Australia≈18 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Telkes21
EE Estonia≈2 est.≈1 in 701Klisted——

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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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)

Telkes is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Telkeş

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Telkeş

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Telkès

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Telkeš, Telkeş

13 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1840186018801900Simon Telkes, b. 1845Henrik Telkes, b. 1881Nora Dumas, b. 1890Mária Telkes, b. 1900
  • Simon Telkesb. 1845HUHungarian writer (1845–1932)
  • Henrik Telkesb. 1881ROJewish Romanian architect, entrepreneur and engineer
  • Nora Dumasb. 1890HUnot in their usual nameHungarian photographer
  • Mária Telkesb. 1900HUHungarian–American scientist and inventor (1900–1995)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Telkes
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—94#66,338

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Telkes mean, and where does it come from?
Hungarian Telkes Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Telkes have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 334 people named Telkes in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled telkes.
How common is the name Telkes?
In Brazil, the national register counted 94 people named Telkes, about 1 in 2.3 million 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, “Telkes”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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