Erdélyi Surname

55,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Erdélyi Surname User-submission:

Erdély means 'Transylvania'. The -i on the end means that it belongs to that place. So together it means 'Transylvanian', or 'belonging to Transylvania'.

Erdélyi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary8,8131:1,114120
Slovakia3561:14,9902,120
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Czechia171:625,49860,070
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
England11:55,718,059489,080
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
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The alternate forms: Erdelyi (1,793) & Erdèlyi (1) are calculated separately.

Erdélyi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Erdély means 'Transylvania'. The -i on the end means that it belongs to that place. So together it means 'Transylvanian', or 'belonging to Transylvania'.

- cottoneyedjoe11
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Erdélyi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Erdélyi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Erdélyi is most common in Hungary. It may also be rendered as a variant: Erdelyi or Erdèlyi. Click here for further potential spellings of Erdélyi.

How Common Is The Last Name Erdélyi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 55,091st most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 789,635 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Erdélyi live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Hungary, where it is carried by 8,813 people, or 1 in 1,114. In Hungary Erdélyi is most numerous in: Budapest, where 19 percent live, Pest County, where 14 percent live and Heves County, where 9 percent live. Apart from Hungary this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 4 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erdelyi951,793/
Erdèlyi951/
Erdély92280/
Erdéli9230/
Erdilyi861/
Erdely771,120/
Erdeli77628/
Erdali77195/
Erdili7711/
Erdèly771/
Erdőhelyi7512/
Herdili71537/
Erdisli7160/
Erdalli7147/
Herdeli7144/
Erdağli7117/
Erdeily7110/
Erdalay719/
Gerdili711/
Erdeluy711/
Eardely711/
Erdeley711/
Herdelis6753/
Hordelyi6710/
Herdeliz6710/
Herdilis677/
Herdalei671/
Herdiliz671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Erdélyi
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