Kerekes

Kerekes is a Hungarian-language surname and Jewish (from Hungary): metonymic occupational name for a wheelwright, from kerék 'wheel' a derivative of kerek 'round'. It may be phonetically transcribed into other languages as "Kerekeš", "Kerekesh", "Chiricheș", "Kerkeshi" or "קרקש".

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Attila Kerekes (born 1954), Hungarian footballer
 * Gréta Kerekes (born 1992), Hungarian hurdles
 * Ljubomir Kerekeš (born 1960), Croatian theatre, television and film actor
 * Vica Kerekes (born 1981), Slovak actress
 * Zsolt Kerekes (born c. 1972), Hungarian skater
 * Zsombor Kerekes (born 1973), Hungarian footballer
 * Mat Kerekes (born 1994), American singer and songwriter
 * [//sk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kerekes Peter Kerekes] (born 1973), Slovak film director and writer
 * [//sk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katar%C3%ADna_Kerekesov%C3%A1 Katarína Kerekesová] (born 1974), Slovak film director, writer and producer
 * [//hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerekes_%C3%89va Éva Kerekes] (born 1966), Hungarian actress
 * [//hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerekes_J%C3%B3zsef_(sz%C3%ADnm%C5%B1v%C3%A9sz) József Kerekes] (born 1962), Hungarian actor
 * [//he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A8_%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%9D Zsigmond Kerekes] (1897-1973), Israeli architect
 * [//hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerekes_Vikt%C3%B3ria Viktória Kerekes] (born 1970), Hungarian actress
 * [//he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A9_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%A9 János Kerekes] (1913-1996), Hungarian composer