Gyöngy Surname
Approximately 657 people bear this surname
Gyöngy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 648 | 1:15,149 | 1,731 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gyongy (101) are calculated separately.
Gyöngy (17) may also be a first name.
Gyöngy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gyöngy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gyöngy is more commonly found in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Gyongy. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gyöngy? popularity and diffusion
Gyöngy is the 500,792nd most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 11,092,155 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gyöngy reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe. Gyöngy is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 17 people.
This last name is most frequent in Hungary, where it is carried by 648 people, or 1 in 15,149. In Hungary Gyöngy is mostly concentrated in: Hajdú-Bihar County, where 16 percent live, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, where 14 percent live and Pest County, where 14 percent live. Aside from Hungary it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
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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 Gyöngy
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