Dohányos Surname
Approximately 248 people bear this surname
Dohányos Surname User-submission:
The name originates from the Hungarian term for tobacco - dohány. The ending -os transfers the noun into an adjective. The adjective dohányos, in colloquial speech, can mean 'smoker' (a person who smokes cigarettes) or 'tobacco' as an adjective.
Read More About This SurnameDohányos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 183 | 1:53,641 | 5,682 |
| Slovakia | 51 | 1:104,636 | 19,871 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
The alternate forms: Dohanyos (91) & Dohányoš (43) are calculated separately.
Dohányos Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name originates from the Hungarian term for tobacco - dohány. The ending -os transfers the noun into an adjective. The adjective dohányos, in colloquial speech, can mean 'smoker' (a person who smokes cigarettes) or 'tobacco' as an adjective.
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Where Does The Last Name Dohányos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dohányos is found in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Dohanyos or Dohányoš. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dohányos? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,020,242nd most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 29,385,266 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dohányos are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 74 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Hungary, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 53,641. In Hungary Dohányos is most prevalent in: Békés County, where 60 percent are found, Pest County, where 11 percent are found and Budapest, where 10 percent are found. Barring Hungary it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 21 percent are found and Czechia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dohanyos | 96 | 91 | / |
| Dohányoš | 96 | 43 | / |
| Dohányosová | 84 | 36 | / |
| Dohányošová | 74 | 29 | / |
| Dohanyosová | 74 | 7 | / |
| Dohanyosova | 74 | 3 | / |
| Doanyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dohanis | 67 | 84 | / |
| Dohanes | 67 | 7 | / |
| Doanyoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Douanyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dohones | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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