Budapest Genealogical Records
Budapest Birth & Baptism Records
An index to over 18 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.
An index to over 6 million Reformed Church baptism records, listing parents' names.
Transcripts of 100,000 Jewish birth records, including parents; names and more.
A small collection of around 13,000 Jewish Synagogue records from Hungary.
An index to over 14,000 records baptisms, including parents' names and other details.
Budapest Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to over 18 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.
A small collection of around 13,000 Jewish Synagogue records from Hungary.
Transcripts of around 10,000 Jewish marriage records from Hungary, including names of parents.
Budapest Death & Burial Records
An index to over 18 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
Transcripts of around 35,000 Jewish death records, including name, parents' names, date and place of death and more.
A small collection of around 13,000 Jewish Synagogue records from Hungary.
Budapest Census & Population Lists
Contains the name, age, place of birth, relationship to the head of household and other details of over 90,000 Jews living in Hungary.
Transcripts of records detailing close to 80,000 people living in Hungary (including part of what is now Slovakia). They list name, relationship to head of household, date and place of birth, residence and more.
Extracts from lists of people living in Hungary concerning around 40,000 Jews.
Newspapers Covering Budapest
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
Budapest Military Records
Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.
The names of over 33,000 Jews who survived the holocaust and ended up in displaced persons camps.
Budapest Court & Legal Records
The names of over 33,000 Jews who survived the holocaust and ended up in displaced persons camps.
A database containing over 135,000 names of people mentioned in connection with people held in concentration camps in Romania.
An index to over 70,000 Holocaust survivors mentioned in records of the World Jewish Congress.
An index of close to 10,000 Jews named in State Department files. The records cover Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Tripoli, Barca, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.
A list of around 1,000 Jews who died in concentration camps.
Budapest Land & Property Records
transcripts of records listing around 30,000 Jews who owned property in Hungary.
Budapest Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Budapest Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
A database containing more than 17,500 people whose names are recorded on Holocaust memorials in 28 communities in present-day Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine.
Budapest Histories & Books
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.
A database containing over 135,000 names of people mentioned in connection with people held in concentration camps in Romania.
Details of around 18,000 survivors of the Holocaust printed in a magazine published in 1945.
Budapest Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Budapest
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Budapest Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Budapest Church Records
An index to over 18 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.
A small collection of around 13,000 Jewish Synagogue records from Hungary.
Budapest Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Budapest Reference Works
A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.
Most Common Surnames in Budapest
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Hungary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tóth | 34,192 | 1:51 | 11.35% | 1 |
| 2 | Nagy | 31,631 | 1:55 | 13.72% | 2 |
| 3 | Szabó | 28,800 | 1:60 | 13.32% | 3 |
| 4 | Kovács | 27,166 | 1:64 | 12.98% | 4 |
| 5 | Varga | 22,714 | 1:76 | 12.86% | 5 |
| 6 | Horváth | 20,449 | 1:85 | 12.58% | 6 |
| 7 | Kiss | 16,855 | 1:103 | 12.65% | 7 |
| 8 | Molnár | 14,375 | 1:120 | 13.41% | 8 |
| 9 | Németh | 11,509 | 1:150 | 13.03% | 9 |
| 10 | Farkas | 9,918 | 1:174 | 14.04% | 10 |
| 11 | Takács | 8,455 | 1:204 | 12.43% | 11 |
| 12 | Balogh | 8,123 | 1:213 | 13.10% | 12 |
| 13 | Papp | 7,199 | 1:240 | 13.43% | 13 |
| 14 | Juhász | 6,760 | 1:256 | 13.60% | 14 |
| 15 | Szilágyi | 6,178 | 1:280 | 15.23% | 15 |
| 16 | Mészáros | 5,870 | 1:294 | 15.32% | 16 |
| 17 | Simon | 5,458 | 1:317 | 14.65% | 17 |
| 18 | Szűcs | 4,926 | 1:351 | 13.52% | 18 |
| 19 | Fekete | 4,888 | 1:354 | 14.25% | 19 |
| 20 | Török | 4,587 | 1:377 | 13.85% | 20 |
| 21 | Fehér | 3,933 | 1:439 | 15.29% | 24 |
| 22 | Székely | 3,771 | 1:458 | 23.56% | 53 |
| 23 | Rácz | 3,663 | 1:472 | 12.85% | 21 |
| 24 | Balázs | 3,632 | 1:476 | 15.44% | 27 |
| 25 | Fodor | 3,455 | 1:500 | 15.09% | 30 |
| 26 | Oláh | 3,417 | 1:506 | 12.06% | 22 |
| 27 | Kocsis | 3,413 | 1:506 | 14.64% | 28 |
| 28 | Sándor | 3,378 | 1:512 | 15.48% | 32 |
| 29 | Gál | 3,343 | 1:517 | 13.48% | 25 |
| 30 | Pintér | 3,320 | 1:520 | 14.05% | 26 |
| 31 | Lakatos | 3,309 | 1:522 | 14.28% | 29 |
| 32 | Szalai | 3,301 | 1:523 | 12.11% | 23 |
| 33 | Magyar | 3,139 | 1:551 | 14.87% | 34 |
| 34 | Vincze | 3,031 | 1:570 | 13.67% | 31 |
| 35 | Lukács | 3,020 | 1:572 | 16.02% | 41 |
| 36 | Katona | 2,981 | 1:580 | 15.49% | 37 |
| 37 | Kelemen | 2,939 | 1:588 | 17.65% | 48 |
| 38 | Somogyi | 2,927 | 1:590 | 17.33% | 47 |
| 39 | László | 2,912 | 1:593 | 17.67% | 50 |
| 40 | Király | 2,893 | 1:597 | 15.20% | 39 |
| 41 | Kis | 2,885 | 1:599 | 13.84% | 35 |
| 42 | Sipos | 2,862 | 1:604 | 14.06% | 36 |
| 43 | Veres | 2,762 | 1:626 | 12.73% | 33 |
| 44 | Vass | 2,742 | 1:630 | 14.33% | 38 |
| 45 | Szőke | 2,681 | 1:645 | 14.82% | 43 |
| 46 | Váradi | 2,569 | 1:673 | 15.09% | 46 |
| 47 | Fazekas | 2,554 | 1:677 | 14.88% | 45 |
| 48 | Bálint | 2,534 | 1:682 | 17.41% | 57 |
| 48 | Hegedűs | 2,534 | 1:682 | 13.32% | 40 |
| 50 | Fülöp | 2,507 | 1:689 | 15.06% | 49 |
| 51 | Antal | 2,427 | 1:712 | 14.90% | 51 |
| 52 | Deák | 2,377 | 1:727 | 16.41% | 58 |
| 52 | Pál | 2,377 | 1:727 | 16.21% | 56 |
| 54 | Lengyel | 2,361 | 1:732 | 16.59% | 61 |
| 54 | Szalay | 2,361 | 1:732 | 26.20% | 114 |
| 56 | Szántó | 2,346 | 1:737 | 18.72% | 74 |
| 57 | Vörös | 2,273 | 1:760 | 12.43% | 42 |
| 58 | Boros | 2,261 | 1:764 | 14.20% | 54 |
| 59 | Gulyás | 2,242 | 1:771 | 12.64% | 44 |
| 60 | Orosz | 2,207 | 1:783 | 13.65% | 52 |
| 61 | Halász | 2,130 | 1:811 | 16.64% | 72 |
| 62 | Jakab | 2,095 | 1:825 | 13.62% | 55 |
| 63 | Pap | 2,072 | 1:834 | 15.64% | 68 |
| 64 | Vajda | 2,034 | 1:850 | 17.71% | 81 |
| 65 | Tamás | 2,030 | 1:851 | 14.21% | 59 |
| 66 | Végh | 2,026 | 1:853 | 14.46% | 63 |
| 67 | Szász | 2,014 | 1:858 | 19.45% | 95 |
| 68 | Bognár | 1,980 | 1:873 | 14.38% | 66 |
| 69 | Biró | 1,941 | 1:890 | 14.83% | 69 |
| 70 | Bíró | 1,926 | 1:897 | 16.93% | 83 |
| 70 | Szekeres | 1,926 | 1:897 | 13.52% | 60 |
| 72 | Soós | 1,880 | 1:919 | 16.40% | 82 |
| 73 | Fábián | 1,872 | 1:923 | 13.48% | 64 |
| 73 | Kozma | 1,872 | 1:923 | 14.62% | 71 |
| 75 | Orbán | 1,864 | 1:927 | 16.83% | 88 |
| 76 | Bakos | 1,857 | 1:931 | 15.81% | 77 |
| 77 | Major | 1,845 | 1:937 | 15.88% | 79 |
| 78 | Virág | 1,837 | 1:941 | 13.49% | 67 |
| 79 | Nemes | 1,833 | 1:943 | 16.20% | 86 |
| 80 | Gáspár | 1,810 | 1:955 | 16.36% | 89 |
| 81 | Márton | 1,806 | 1:957 | 18.26% | 103 |
| 82 | Mezei | 1,803 | 1:958 | 20.19% | 117 |
| 83 | Szigeti | 1,780 | 1:971 | 19.70% | 113 |
| 84 | Pásztor | 1,760 | 1:982 | 13.70% | 70 |
| 85 | Kardos | 1,753 | 1:986 | 18.83% | 111 |
| 85 | Kertész | 1,753 | 1:986 | 18.30% | 107 |
| 87 | Illés | 1,741 | 1:993 | 12.37% | 62 |
| 87 | Novák | 1,741 | 1:993 | 15.36% | 85 |
| 89 | Vida | 1,729 | 1:999 | 14.97% | 80 |
| 90 | Pataki | 1,714 | 1:1,008 | 17.58% | 105 |
| 91 | Hajdu | 1,706 | 1:1,013 | 15.64% | 90 |
| 92 | Budai | 1,702 | 1:1,015 | 14.21% | 76 |
| 92 | Máté | 1,702 | 1:1,015 | 13.75% | 75 |
| 94 | Bodnár | 1,699 | 1:1,017 | 12.33% | 65 |
| 94 | Kun | 1,699 | 1:1,017 | 17.82% | 108 |
| 96 | Balla | 1,683 | 1:1,027 | 16.51% | 98 |
| 96 | Ács | 1,683 | 1:1,027 | 14.43% | 78 |
| 98 | Erdélyi | 1,637 | 1:1,056 | 18.57% | 120 |
| 99 | Urbán | 1,614 | 1:1,071 | 14.92% | 91 |
| 100 | Kovacs | 1,598 | 1:1,081 | 61.11% | 439 |
| 100 | Szakács | 1,598 | 1:1,081 | 16.24% | 104 |
| 102 | Dobos | 1,591 | 1:1,086 | 15.52% | 96 |
| 102 | Dudás | 1,591 | 1:1,086 | 14.02% | 84 |
| 104 | Barna | 1,587 | 1:1,089 | 14.30% | 87 |
| 105 | Ádám | 1,572 | 1:1,099 | 15.36% | 97 |
| 106 | Szabo | 1,564 | 1:1,105 | 61.19% | 451 |
| 107 | Kerekes | 1,556 | 1:1,111 | 14.62% | 93 |
| 108 | Szegedi | 1,548 | 1:1,116 | 15.49% | 101 |
| 109 | Gábor | 1,518 | 1:1,138 | 22.44% | 163 |
| 110 | Toth | 1,514 | 1:1,141 | 57.39% | 435 |
| 111 | Rózsa | 1,498 | 1:1,154 | 17.26% | 121 |
| 112 | Gergely | 1,494 | 1:1,157 | 17.85% | 125 |
| 113 | Szücs | 1,468 | 1:1,177 | 11.68% | 73 |
| 114 | Balog | 1,456 | 1:1,187 | 14.01% | 94 |
| 115 | Lázár | 1,444 | 1:1,197 | 17.05% | 123 |
| 116 | Barta | 1,441 | 1:1,199 | 14.14% | 99 |
| 116 | Lőrincz | 1,441 | 1:1,199 | 14.95% | 106 |
| 116 | Péter | 1,441 | 1:1,199 | 14.44% | 102 |
| 119 | Hegyi | 1,429 | 1:1,209 | 17.45% | 129 |
| 120 | Borbély | 1,414 | 1:1,222 | 13.99% | 100 |
| 121 | Bartha | 1,398 | 1:1,236 | 20.66% | 162 |
| 122 | Gaál | 1,394 | 1:1,240 | 18.31% | 139 |
| 123 | Marton | 1,390 | 1:1,243 | 17.23% | 130 |
| 124 | Kalmár | 1,371 | 1:1,260 | 18.00% | 138 |
| 125 | Faragó | 1,367 | 1:1,264 | 14.63% | 110 |
| 126 | Dávid | 1,352 | 1:1,278 | 15.10% | 115 |
| 127 | Schmidt | 1,340 | 1:1,290 | 18.84% | 149 |
| 127 | Sárközi | 1,340 | 1:1,290 | 12.56% | 92 |
| 129 | Kárpáti | 1,337 | 1:1,292 | 28.14% | 233 |
| 129 | Vas | 1,337 | 1:1,292 | 16.16% | 127 |
| 131 | Sebestyén | 1,333 | 1:1,296 | 14.96% | 119 |
| 132 | Baranyai | 1,317 | 1:1,312 | 18.61% | 152 |
| 133 | Kádár | 1,310 | 1:1,319 | 19.09% | 160 |
| 134 | Szatmári | 1,290 | 1:1,340 | 14.44% | 116 |
| 135 | Cseh | 1,286 | 1:1,344 | 13.64% | 109 |
| 136 | Müller | 1,283 | 1:1,347 | 18.74% | 161 |
| 137 | Demeter | 1,279 | 1:1,351 | 16.78% | 136 |
| 137 | Kálmán | 1,279 | 1:1,351 | 15.24% | 124 |
| 139 | Huszár | 1,263 | 1:1,368 | 16.58% | 137 |
| 140 | Erdei | 1,233 | 1:1,402 | 14.46% | 122 |
| 140 | Győri | 1,233 | 1:1,402 | 15.05% | 128 |
| 140 | Miklós | 1,233 | 1:1,402 | 17.02% | 148 |
| 143 | Mayer | 1,198 | 1:1,442 | 22.44% | 200 |
| 144 | Béres | 1,194 | 1:1,447 | 14.97% | 132 |
| 145 | Polgár | 1,186 | 1:1,457 | 16.29% | 147 |
| 146 | Hegedüs | 1,175 | 1:1,471 | 13.17% | 118 |
| 147 | Benedek | 1,171 | 1:1,476 | 24.25% | 228 |
| 147 | Galambos | 1,171 | 1:1,476 | 20.58% | 187 |
| 147 | Kurucz | 1,171 | 1:1,476 | 15.71% | 144 |
| 150 | Kulcsár | 1,140 | 1:1,516 | 14.21% | 131 |
| 151 | Fejes | 1,136 | 1:1,521 | 14.74% | 134 |
| 152 | Benkő | 1,129 | 1:1,531 | 20.41% | 192 |
| 152 | Ferenczi | 1,129 | 1:1,531 | 16.38% | 158 |
| 152 | Seres | 1,129 | 1:1,531 | 16.77% | 164 |
| 155 | Koncz | 1,121 | 1:1,542 | 16.70% | 165 |
| 156 | Várkonyi | 1,105 | 1:1,564 | 32.60% | 329 |
| 157 | Puskás | 1,094 | 1:1,580 | 14.52% | 143 |
| 158 | Kollár | 1,086 | 1:1,591 | 14.29% | 140 |
| 159 | Erdős | 1,071 | 1:1,614 | 17.66% | 178 |
| 159 | Pető | 1,071 | 1:1,614 | 15.24% | 155 |
| 161 | Pusztai | 1,067 | 1:1,620 | 19.42% | 193 |
| 162 | Kósa | 1,063 | 1:1,626 | 14.08% | 142 |
| 163 | Ambrus | 1,052 | 1:1,643 | 19.26% | 195 |
| 164 | Kecskés | 1,044 | 1:1,655 | 14.70% | 150 |
| 165 | Jónás | 1,040 | 1:1,662 | 15.02% | 157 |
| 166 | Csonka | 1,025 | 1:1,686 | 13.49% | 140 |
| 167 | Márkus | 1,017 | 1:1,699 | 15.52% | 169 |
| 168 | Horvath | 1,013 | 1:1,706 | 58.12% | 664 |
| 168 | Veress | 1,013 | 1:1,706 | 27.90% | 306 |
| 170 | Vágó | 1,009 | 1:1,713 | 21.24% | 234 |
| 171 | Herczeg | 1,005 | 1:1,719 | 13.00% | 133 |
| 172 | Vigh | 1,001 | 1:1,726 | 14.14% | 152 |
| 173 | Bencze | 998 | 1:1,732 | 19.79% | 218 |
| 173 | Szabados | 998 | 1:1,732 | 15.94% | 172 |
| 175 | Császár | 994 | 1:1,738 | 15.03% | 167 |
| 176 | Ujvári | 990 | 1:1,746 | 20.59% | 231 |
| 176 | Vadász | 990 | 1:1,746 | 15.48% | 171 |
| 178 | Dénes | 982 | 1:1,760 | 22.62% | 251 |
| 179 | Szarka | 978 | 1:1,767 | 11.76% | 126 |
| 180 | Józsa | 971 | 1:1,780 | 14.75% | 168 |
| 181 | Barabás | 963 | 1:1,794 | 20.79% | 239 |
| 182 | Hajdú | 955 | 1:1,809 | 13.00% | 146 |
| 183 | Kováts | 944 | 1:1,831 | 39.90% | 485 |
| 184 | Tihanyi | 936 | 1:1,846 | 28.19% | 338 |
| 185 | Lovas | 928 | 1:1,862 | 17.87% | 205 |
| 185 | Zentai | 928 | 1:1,862 | 32.35% | 401 |
| 187 | Csizmadia | 921 | 1:1,876 | 13.18% | 156 |
| 188 | Baranyi | 909 | 1:1,901 | 13.23% | 159 |
| 188 | Timár | 909 | 1:1,901 | 18.69% | 226 |
| 190 | Berta | 901 | 1:1,918 | 11.70% | 135 |
| 190 | Berényi | 901 | 1:1,918 | 18.99% | 236 |
| 192 | Imre | 897 | 1:1,926 | 14.81% | 179 |
| 193 | Keresztes | 890 | 1:1,942 | 18.09% | 224 |
| 194 | Láng | 886 | 1:1,950 | 29.04% | 370 |
| 195 | Albert | 882 | 1:1,959 | 21.02% | 259 |
| 196 | György | 878 | 1:1,968 | 16.91% | 206 |
| 196 | Pálfi | 878 | 1:1,968 | 15.14% | 182 |
| 198 | Lantos | 874 | 1:1,977 | 23.16% | 296 |
| 199 | Csorba | 870 | 1:1,986 | 16.63% | 204 |
| 200 | Szőcs | 867 | 1:1,993 | 33.83% | 450 |