Gyorgy Surname

84,295th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,733 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Gyorgy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gyorgy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania5,1421:3,905534
United States1271:2,854,007168,820
Slovakia1181:45,2248,606
Canada1011:364,80832,793
Hungary741:132,65212,253
England431:1,295,76958,667
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
France101:6,642,272293,169
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

The alternate forms: György (6,906) & Győrgy (240) are calculated separately.

Gyorgy (4,138) may also be a first name.

Gyorgy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gyorgy is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: György or Győrgy. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gyorgy? popularity and diffusion

Gyorgy is the 84,295th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,271,157 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Gyorgy reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 90 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 108,076th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 4,138 people.

It is most frequent in Romania, where it is carried by 5,142 people, or 1 in 3,905. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Harghita County, where 50 percent live, Mureș County, where 18 percent live and Covasna County, where 8 percent live. Barring Romania this surname exists in 36 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Slovakia, where 2 percent live.

Gyorgy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gyorgy surname are 5.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.38% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gyorgy earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 20.14% more than the national average, earning $51,840 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.94% more than the national average, earning $58,597 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
György946,906/
Győrgy94240/
Gyorgyi92103/
Gyoergy929/
Gyrgy912/
Gyorgyey865/
Gyrgiy832/
Gyorge831/
Györgyi77621/
Györgye77101/
Gyurgyó7713/
Györegy779/
Gyergye775/
Gyergyó772/
Gyirgyi771/
Gyorgio771/
Győrgyi771/
Gyoergi771/
Geyorge771/
Gergy7333/
Gyord731/
Gyergyai71338/
Gyergyói71140/
Györgyei7138/
Gyergyay7136/
Györgyey7113/
Gergye67496/
Gergey6757/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gyorgy
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