Post by Jaga on Nov 26, 2017 4:27:57 GMT -7
Many names mean professions like smith, miller, taylor.
But some are names of people from foreign countries that influenced Hungary a lot.
Several names are of Slavic origin, since Hungary was surrounded by Slavs
www.budapestagent.com/most-common-hungarian-surnames.html
Hungarian Sirnames, just like in other countries, often refer to a profession such as Smith, Tailor or Miller. But in Hungary it is also common to have countries as a surname for example Német (German), Horváth (Croat) or Tóth (Slovak) which obviously comes from the former great Hungary when parts of surrounding countries belonged to Hungary. Below you can find a list of the 20 most common Surnames in Hungary which make a total of 21% of the population (arround 2 million in total) that is approximately the size of Budapest. So here we go.
Nagy
Meaning “Large” or “Tall” and approximately 240.000 people have this surname in Hungary
Kovács
Meanting “Smith” around 220.000 people have that name
Tóth
Meaning “Slovak” with approximately 215.000 people
Szabó
Meaning “Tailor” with 210.000 people
Horváth
Meaning “Croat” with 200.000 people
Varga
Meaning “Shoemaker” with 140.000 people
Kiss
Meaning “little” with 130.000 people
Molnár
Meaning “Miller” with 110.000 people
Németh
Meaning “German” with 92.000 people
Farkas
Meaning “Wolf” with 83.000 people
Balogh
Meaning “Left-handed” with 80.000 people
Papp
Meaning “priest” with 53.000 people
Takács
Meaning “Weaver” with 52.500 people
Juhász
Meaning “Shepherd” with 51.000 people
Lakatos
Meaning “Locksmith” with 46.000 people
Mészáros
Meaning “butcher” with 40.500 people
Oláh
Meaning “Vlach/Romanic” with 38.000 people
Simon
Just like Simon, also a given name with 38.000 people
Rácz
Meaning “Serb” with 35.000 people
Fekete
Meaning “black” with 35.000 people
So these are the 20 most common surnames in Hungary and the chances that you meant somebody with one of the names is quite high since they represent one fifth of the entire population. For Hungarian given names check out the calendar of Hungarian Name Days which is a very popular celebration in Hungary.
But some are names of people from foreign countries that influenced Hungary a lot.
Several names are of Slavic origin, since Hungary was surrounded by Slavs
www.budapestagent.com/most-common-hungarian-surnames.html
Hungarian Sirnames, just like in other countries, often refer to a profession such as Smith, Tailor or Miller. But in Hungary it is also common to have countries as a surname for example Német (German), Horváth (Croat) or Tóth (Slovak) which obviously comes from the former great Hungary when parts of surrounding countries belonged to Hungary. Below you can find a list of the 20 most common Surnames in Hungary which make a total of 21% of the population (arround 2 million in total) that is approximately the size of Budapest. So here we go.
Nagy
Meaning “Large” or “Tall” and approximately 240.000 people have this surname in Hungary
Kovács
Meanting “Smith” around 220.000 people have that name
Tóth
Meaning “Slovak” with approximately 215.000 people
Szabó
Meaning “Tailor” with 210.000 people
Horváth
Meaning “Croat” with 200.000 people
Varga
Meaning “Shoemaker” with 140.000 people
Kiss
Meaning “little” with 130.000 people
Molnár
Meaning “Miller” with 110.000 people
Németh
Meaning “German” with 92.000 people
Farkas
Meaning “Wolf” with 83.000 people
Balogh
Meaning “Left-handed” with 80.000 people
Papp
Meaning “priest” with 53.000 people
Takács
Meaning “Weaver” with 52.500 people
Juhász
Meaning “Shepherd” with 51.000 people
Lakatos
Meaning “Locksmith” with 46.000 people
Mészáros
Meaning “butcher” with 40.500 people
Oláh
Meaning “Vlach/Romanic” with 38.000 people
Simon
Just like Simon, also a given name with 38.000 people
Rácz
Meaning “Serb” with 35.000 people
Fekete
Meaning “black” with 35.000 people
So these are the 20 most common surnames in Hungary and the chances that you meant somebody with one of the names is quite high since they represent one fifth of the entire population. For Hungarian given names check out the calendar of Hungarian Name Days which is a very popular celebration in Hungary.