György Surname

71,493rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,906 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

György Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

György Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary5,1921:1,891206
Romania1,2221:16,4302,107
Slovakia3221:16,5732,425
Austria551:154,82620,536
Czechia521:204,49029,445
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Sweden141:703,34052,204
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Gyorgy (5,733) & Győrgy (240) are calculated separately.

György (90,220) may also be a first name.

György Last Name Facts

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

The last name György is found in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Gyorgy or Győrgy. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name György? popularity and diffusion

It is the 71,493rd most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,055,248 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of György live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 75 percent live in Hungaro-Europe. György is also the 11,181st most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 90,220 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Hungary, where it is borne by 5,192 people, or 1 in 1,891. In Hungary György is most prevalent in: Budapest, where 17 percent are found, Pest County, where 16 percent are found and Veszprém County, where 9 percent are found. Not including Hungary it is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 18 percent are found and Slovakia, where 5 percent are found.

György Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of György has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the György last name expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gyorgy945,733/
Győrgy94240/
Györgyi92621/
Györgye92101/
Györegy929/
Gyrgy912/
Györgyei8638/
Györgyey8613/
Gyrgiy832/
Gyorgyi77103/
Gyergyo7741/
Gyurgyó7713/
Gyoergy779/
Gyergye775/
Gyergyó772/
Gyirgyi771/
Győrgyi771/
Gergy7333/
Gyergyai71338/
Gyergyói71140/
Gyergyay7136/
Gyergyoi7114/
Gyorgyey715/
Gyergyoy711/
Gergye67496/
Gergey6757/
Gyorge671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 György
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