How common is the surname Kerekes?

1,293 people in the United States had the surname Kerekes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kerekes?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kerekes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kerekes?

Zsombor Kerekes, association football player.

Where is the surname Kerekes most common?

Wikidata records people named Kerekes in Hungary.

Is the surname Kerekes getting more or less common?

More common. 1,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Kerekes

A Hungarian surname, carried by 1,293 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kerekes is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

Hungarian origin

Borrowed from Hungarian Kerekes.

One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,293 people named Kerekes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,251.

#20,512

rank among US surnames

1,293

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,882)

Who is named Kerekes

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Kerekes identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kerekess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Zsombor Kerekes
Association football player, born 1973

Other Hungarian surnames

All 46 Hungarian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kerekes come from?: Borrowed from Hungarian Kerekes.
How common is the surname Kerekes?: 1,293 people in the United States had the surname Kerekes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kerekes?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kerekes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kerekes?: Zsombor Kerekes, association football player.
Where is the surname Kerekes most common?: Wikidata records people named Kerekes in Hungary.
Is the surname Kerekes getting more or less common?: More common. 1,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 3.4%.